Every hospital that bills Medicare publishes what it charged and what it was paid. The gap between those two numbers is different at every hospital in America — and it is where an uninsured bill begins. Here is that gap, graded, for all of them.
#32 in OH
Gallipolis, OH
4.3x — bills about $4.29 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#20 in VA
Leesburg, VA
4.0x — bills about $4.00 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#12 in UT
Salt Lake City, UT
3.8x — bills about $3.81 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#15 in IN
Marion, IN
2.9x — bills about $2.87 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#22 in TX
Odessa, TX
3.7x — bills about $3.72 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#33 in OH
Athens, OH
2.7x — bills about $2.68 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#16 in OK
Oklahoma City, OK
3.7x — bills about $3.72 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#16 in IN
Huntington, IN
3.3x — bills about $3.27 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#8 in WV
Princeton, WV
3.7x — bills about $3.66 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#26 in MO
Ofallon, MO
4.0x — bills about $4.00 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#67 in NY
Carmel, NY
3.8x — bills about $3.79 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#18 in KS
Salina, KS
4.1x — bills about $4.10 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#9 in ME
Biddeford, ME
4.0x — bills about $4.01 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#18 in OR
Bend, OR
3.4x — bills about $3.39 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#19 in MS
Jackson, MS
4.2x — bills about $4.21 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#5 in ID
Nampa, ID
4.0x — bills about $3.95 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#5 in CO
Steamboat Springs, CO
4.3x — bills about $4.34 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#21 in VA
Haymarket, VA
4.3x — bills about $4.26 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#22 in VA
Arlington, VA
4.0x — bills about $3.95 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#9 in RI
Westerly, RI
4.0x — bills about $3.99 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#16 in LA
Baton Rouge, LA
4.8x — bills about $4.82 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#17 in IL
Barrington, IL
4.2x — bills about $4.23 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#19 in OR
Ashland, OR
4.5x — bills about $4.48 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#52 in MI
Rochester, MI
3.8x — bills about $3.78 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#29 in WI
Summit, WI
4.2x — bills about $4.23 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#7 in AZ
Tucson, AZ
3.4x — bills about $3.41 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#8 in NE
Lincoln, NE
4.0x — bills about $3.99 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#4 in NH
Laconia, NH
3.4x — bills about $3.42 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#11 in GA
Johns Creek, GA
4.3x — bills about $4.28 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#32 in MN
Princeton, MN
4.3x — bills about $4.27 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#53 in MI
Warren, MI
3.5x — bills about $3.47 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#20 in TN
Jackson, TN
4.1x — bills about $4.05 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#8 in CA
Visalia, CA
3.5x — bills about $3.54 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#33 in MN
Woodbury, MN
3.7x — bills about $3.72 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#17 in IN
Jasper, IN
4.1x — bills about $4.06 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#24 in AL
Mobile, AL
4.1x — bills about $4.09 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#17 in LA
Monroe, LA
4.6x — bills about $4.63 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#32 in NC
Wilmington, NC
4.0x — bills about $3.95 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#18 in LA
Shreveport, LA
4.3x — bills about $4.30 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#18 in IL
Centralia, IL
3.1x — bills about $3.13 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for