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.
#67 in MI
Port Huron, MI
3.9x — bills about $3.86 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#21 in CT
Manchester, CT
4.2x — bills about $4.23 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#23 in IA
Waterloo, IA
5.4x — bills about $5.40 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#49 in WI
Oconomowoc, WI
5.3x — bills about $5.26 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#5 in VT
Rutland, VT
5.4x — bills about $5.44 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#40 in VA
Farmville, VA
4.3x — bills about $4.29 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#36 in IN
Hobart, IN
5.0x — bills about $5.01 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#57 in PA
Wyomissing, PA
5.3x — bills about $5.26 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#63 in TX
Dallas, TX
4.8x — bills about $4.81 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#64 in TX
Rockwall, TX
5.2x — bills about $5.19 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#14 in AZ
Phoenix, AZ
5.7x — bills about $5.68 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#30 in OK
Tulsa, OK
5.1x — bills about $5.09 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#74 in OH
Cleveland, OH
4.0x — bills about $4.03 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#29 in KS
Topeka, KS
5.5x — bills about $5.52 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#65 in TX
Killeen, TX
4.6x — bills about $4.59 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#11 in FL
Orange City, FL
5.0x — bills about $5.02 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#54 in IL
Elgin, IL
4.8x — bills about $4.81 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#14 in SD
Sioux Falls, SD
5.1x — bills about $5.13 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#28 in AR
Fort Smith, AR
5.3x — bills about $5.33 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#12 in FL
Bartow, FL
5.0x — bills about $4.99 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#66 in TX
Plano, TX
5.1x — bills about $5.12 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#67 in TX
Mc Kinney, TX
5.2x — bills about $5.16 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#68 in MI
Taylor, MI
4.9x — bills about $4.91 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#48 in MA
Boston, MA
4.0x — bills about $4.05 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#41 in VA
Roanoke, VA
4.8x — bills about $4.81 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#10 in NH
Manchester, NH
5.3x — bills about $5.27 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#20 in NE
Papillion, NE
4.2x — bills about $4.20 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#36 in CA
Covina, CA
4.4x — bills about $4.36 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#37 in CA
Hemet, CA
3.6x — bills about $3.57 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#55 in IL
O Fallon, IL
5.0x — bills about $5.01 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#11 in CO
Grand Junction, CO
5.0x — bills about $5.03 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#43 in MN
Maplewood, MN
5.0x — bills about $4.98 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#49 in MA
Boston, MA
4.1x — bills about $4.08 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#56 in IL
Springfield, IL
5.0x — bills about $4.96 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#24 in IA
Clinton, IA
4.1x — bills about $4.10 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#4 in NV
North Las Vegas, NV
3.4x — bills about $3.36 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#5 in NV
Elko, NV
4.4x — bills about $4.40 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#50 in NC
Matthews, NC
5.2x — bills about $5.21 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#51 in NC
Charlotte, NC
5.0x — bills about $5.04 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#68 in TX
Dallas, TX
2.2x — bills about $2.17 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for