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.
#23 in AR
Benton, AR
4.7x — bills about $4.71 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#13 in SD
Sioux Falls, SD
4.8x — bills about $4.76 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#33 in VA
Norfolk, VA
4.1x — bills about $4.13 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#34 in VA
Suffolk, VA
4.7x — bills about $4.71 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#28 in IN
East Chicago, IN
4.4x — bills about $4.38 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#6 in DE
Wilmington, DE
5.0x — bills about $4.97 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#43 in IL
Bloomington, IL
4.7x — bills about $4.70 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#28 in KS
Topeka, KS
4.9x — bills about $4.92 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#14 in WV
South Charleston, WV
4.9x — bills about $4.91 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#47 in MA
Worcester, MA
3.7x — bills about $3.67 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#54 in TX
Arlington, TX
5.5x — bills about $5.51 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#23 in CA
Anaheim, CA
3.6x — bills about $3.61 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#46 in WI
Burlington, WI
5.3x — bills about $5.33 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#24 in AR
North Little Rock, AR
4.5x — bills about $4.51 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#55 in TX
Plano, TX
4.9x — bills about $4.92 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#56 in TX
Rowlett, TX
4.7x — bills about $4.73 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#8 in WY
Cheyenne, WY
4.0x — bills about $4.04 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#9 in NM
Santa Fe, NM
4.4x — bills about $4.40 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#66 in OH
Cleveland, OH
4.1x — bills about $4.13 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#29 in IN
Munster, IN
4.7x — bills about $4.75 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#24 in CA
El Centro, CA
4.1x — bills about $4.15 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#67 in OH
Boardman, OH
4.7x — bills about $4.72 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#25 in CA
San Francisco, CA
1.7x — bills about $1.73 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#36 in MO
Liberty, MO
5.2x — bills about $5.24 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#24 in MS
Olive Branch, MS
4.1x — bills about $4.13 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#26 in CA
Montclair, CA
3.7x — bills about $3.72 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#14 in ME
Bangor, ME
4.7x — bills about $4.66 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#11 in ID
Post Falls, ID
4.9x — bills about $4.88 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#48 in NC
Charlotte, NC
4.8x — bills about $4.80 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#68 in OH
Columbus, OH
4.4x — bills about $4.37 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#16 in SC
Clinton, SC
3.6x — bills about $3.64 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#30 in IN
Noblesville, IN
5.2x — bills about $5.25 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#15 in WV
Charleston, WV
4.9x — bills about $4.93 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#31 in IN
Plymouth, IN
3.8x — bills about $3.82 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#3 in NV
Reno, NV
4.1x — bills about $4.09 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#35 in VA
Virginia Beach, VA
5.0x — bills about $4.95 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#36 in VA
Williamsburg, VA
5.0x — bills about $4.96 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#12 in ID
Boise, ID
4.6x — bills about $4.60 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#61 in MI
Ann Arbor, MI
4.0x — bills about $4.00 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#47 in WI
Madison, WI
4.0x — bills about $4.01 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for