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.
#4 in FL
Jacksonville, FL
3.8x — bills about $3.75 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#44 in OH
Marysville, OH
4.2x — bills about $4.17 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#31 in MO
Joplin, MO
4.4x — bills about $4.38 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#15 in CT
Middletown, CT
3.9x — bills about $3.90 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#32 in MO
Saint Louis, MO
4.6x — bills about $4.58 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#10 in HI
Kamuela, HI
3.9x — bills about $3.86 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#11 in ME
Presque Isle, ME
4.5x — bills about $4.54 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#22 in OR
Portland, OR
3.5x — bills about $3.50 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#21 in OK
Oklahoma City, OK
4.7x — bills about $4.72 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#21 in IN
Columbia City, IN
3.0x — bills about $3.02 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#9 in WA
Spokane, WA
3.8x — bills about $3.80 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#7 in ID
Lewiston, ID
4.3x — bills about $4.31 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#12 in ME
Lewiston, ME
4.4x — bills about $4.44 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#34 in WI
Monroe, WI
4.4x — bills about $4.37 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#22 in LA
Baton Rouge, LA
4.4x — bills about $4.41 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#23 in IL
Bolingbrook, IL
3.9x — bills about $3.88 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#41 in MD
Baltimore, MD
1.1x — bills about $1.13 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#31 in TX
El Paso, TX
2.6x — bills about $2.59 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#37 in PA
Hanover, PA
4.1x — bills about $4.12 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#35 in WI
Green Bay, WI
4.6x — bills about $4.58 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#36 in WI
Marinette, WI
4.3x — bills about $4.31 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#37 in WI
Hartford, WI
4.7x — bills about $4.75 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#32 in TX
Waco, TX
4.2x — bills about $4.17 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#33 in TX
Tyler, TX
4.8x — bills about $4.81 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#33 in MO
Cameron, MO
4.4x — bills about $4.40 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#1 in NV
Carson City, NV
4.0x — bills about $4.02 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#18 in AR
Little Rock, AR
4.3x — bills about $4.34 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#5 in FL
Vero Beach, FL
4.4x — bills about $4.42 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#14 in CA
Ventura, CA
3.8x — bills about $3.80 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#38 in PA
Doylestown, PA
4.3x — bills about $4.32 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#36 in NC
Durham, NC
3.6x — bills about $3.62 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#16 in CT
Greenwich, CT
4.1x — bills about $4.14 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#23 in OR
Hillsboro, OR
3.8x — bills about $3.79 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#13 in UT
West Jordan, UT
4.4x — bills about $4.40 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#1 in DC
Washington, DC
2.9x — bills about $2.85 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#14 in UT
Provo, UT
4.4x — bills about $4.37 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#39 in PA
Abington, PA
4.1x — bills about $4.14 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#19 in KY
Ashland, KY
4.4x — bills about $4.41 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#40 in PA
Lancaster, PA
4.3x — bills about $4.26 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#23 in LA
Zachary, LA
5.1x — bills about $5.06 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for