8/100
#2,457 nationally
Westchester Medical Center
100 Woods Rd, Valhalla, NY 10595 · (914) 493-7000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Westchester Medical Center billed $9.56 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 9.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 195
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NY
- #123
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 6% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 22% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 2% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 0% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
366 | $65,496 | $3,106 | +237% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
277 | $262,618 | $26,945 | +302% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
229 | $37,365 | $2,628 | +218% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
171 | $90,783 | $14,534 | +45% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
164 | $20,431 | $2,129 | +74% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
134 | $76,022 | $3,714 | +201% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
128 | $253,937 | $25,105 | +233% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
125 | $179,043 | $16,650 | +312% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
124 | $30,607 | $6,208 | -15% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
124 | $44,524 | $5,810 | +62% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,732 | $776 | +848% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$236,279 | $18,040 | +555% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$294,753 | $27,973 | +419% |
|
Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Major Complications
MS-DRG 438 · Inpatient stay |
$357,880 | $32,846 | +415% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$160,200 | $10,655 | +412% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$209,302 | $18,833 | +400% |
|
Disorders of the Biliary Tract with Major Complications
MS-DRG 444 · Inpatient stay |
$349,953 | $27,861 | +389% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$245,284 | $17,506 | +378% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,607 | $6,208 | -15% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$66,238 | $11,651 | +11% |
|
Cochlear Implant Procedure
APC 5166 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$136,714 | $38,037 | +12% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$51,208 | $9,597 | +15% |
|
Level 6 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5416 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$48,036 | $8,251 | +18% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$95,169 | $24,741 | +18% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$133,511 | $35,048 | +18% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$176,219 | $37,317 | +19% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.