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.
#42 in MN
Minneapolis, MN
4.6x — bills about $4.58 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#44 in IL
Downers Grove, IL
4.7x — bills about $4.71 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#25 in AR
Conway, AR
5.1x — bills about $5.12 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#57 in TX
Frisco, TX
5.1x — bills about $5.14 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#62 in MI
Farmington Hills, MI
4.0x — bills about $4.00 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#63 in MI
Grosse Pointe, MI
4.8x — bills about $4.77 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#64 in MI
Royal Oak, MI
4.6x — bills about $4.56 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#27 in CA
San Francisco, CA
3.9x — bills about $3.92 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#18 in NE
Omaha, NE
4.1x — bills about $4.05 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#28 in CA
Chino, CA
3.8x — bills about $3.79 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#9 in MT
Missoula, MT
5.3x — bills about $5.25 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#53 in PA
Monroeville, PA
5.0x — bills about $5.04 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#32 in IN
Mooresville, IN
4.8x — bills about $4.84 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#42 in MD
Baltimore, MD
1.1x — bills about $1.12 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#45 in IL
Melrose Park, IL
4.8x — bills about $4.79 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#17 in SC
Cheraw, SC
4.4x — bills about $4.43 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#29 in CA
Los Banos, CA
2.2x — bills about $2.16 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#69 in OH
Cleveland, OH
4.8x — bills about $4.75 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#46 in IL
Chicago, IL
3.5x — bills about $3.52 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#49 in NC
Charlotte, NC
5.5x — bills about $5.46 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#30 in CA
Novato, CA
4.5x — bills about $4.46 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#65 in MI
Marshall, MI
5.3x — bills about $5.29 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#18 in SC
Easley, SC
4.9x — bills about $4.86 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#26 in OR
Springfield, OR
4.6x — bills about $4.63 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#47 in IL
Rockford, IL
4.7x — bills about $4.71 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#16 in WA
Moses Lake, WA
4.6x — bills about $4.58 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#77 in NY
Far Rockaway, NY
2.6x — bills about $2.56 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#26 in AR
Sherwood, AR
4.7x — bills about $4.68 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#28 in OK
Stillwater, OK
5.1x — bills about $5.06 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#31 in CA
Auburn, CA
4.5x — bills about $4.54 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#58 in TX
Azle, TX
4.1x — bills about $4.10 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#59 in TX
Fort Worth, TX
4.9x — bills about $4.95 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#3 in DC
Washington, DC
3.4x — bills about $3.43 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#37 in VA
Charlottesville, VA
3.7x — bills about $3.72 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#27 in GA
Thomaston, GA
4.8x — bills about $4.82 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#48 in IL
Chicago, IL
4.4x — bills about $4.37 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#37 in MO
Saint Louis, MO
3.9x — bills about $3.91 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#60 in TX
Fort Worth, TX
4.4x — bills about $4.42 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#10 in FL
Deerfield Beach, FL
4.8x — bills about $4.80 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#16 in WV
Huntington, WV
4.9x — bills about $4.87 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for