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.
#74 in TX
Flower Mound, TX
5.1x — bills about $5.06 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#75 in TX
Plano, TX
5.0x — bills about $5.04 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#76 in TX
Houston, TX
6.5x — bills about $6.52 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#58 in PA
York, PA
4.5x — bills about $4.53 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#75 in OH
West Chester, OH
5.2x — bills about $5.18 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#4 in AK
Anchorage, AK
3.6x — bills about $3.57 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#58 in IL
Elk Grove Village, IL
5.2x — bills about $5.16 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#51 in WI
Milwaukee, WI
5.2x — bills about $5.15 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#52 in WI
Grafton, WI
5.6x — bills about $5.57 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#17 in AZ
Phoenix, AZ
5.1x — bills about $5.15 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#26 in MS
Southaven, MS
5.2x — bills about $5.21 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#14 in FL
Wesley Chapel, FL
4.5x — bills about $4.53 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#77 in TX
Sherman, TX
6.4x — bills about $6.37 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#69 in MI
Troy, MI
5.1x — bills about $5.06 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#23 in NE
Omaha, NE
5.0x — bills about $5.01 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#13 in CO
Grand Junction, CO
5.4x — bills about $5.43 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#21 in WA
Spokane, WA
5.2x — bills about $5.21 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#15 in FL
Saint Augustine, FL
5.1x — bills about $5.14 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#38 in IN
Munster, IN
5.3x — bills about $5.30 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#59 in PA
Lewistown, PA
5.1x — bills about $5.14 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#46 in CA
Newport Beach, CA
4.8x — bills about $4.81 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#81 in NY
Cortlandt Manor, NY
4.8x — bills about $4.76 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#59 in IL
Chicago, IL
3.9x — bills about $3.88 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#60 in PA
Jefferson Hills, PA
5.7x — bills about $5.66 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#47 in CA
Harbor City, CA
3.4x — bills about $3.42 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#22 in SC
Camden, SC
4.9x — bills about $4.91 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#10 in RI
Woonsocket, RI
4.5x — bills about $4.53 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#76 in OH
Marietta, OH
6.2x — bills about $6.17 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#70 in MI
Owosso, MI
5.3x — bills about $5.27 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#78 in TX
Houston, TX
4.7x — bills about $4.73 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#39 in IN
South Bend, IN
5.0x — bills about $4.95 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#40 in MO
Cape Girardeau, MO
5.2x — bills about $5.21 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#77 in OH
Lorain, OH
5.4x — bills about $5.36 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#78 in OH
Warren, OH
5.3x — bills about $5.28 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#22 in WA
Puyallup, WA
4.5x — bills about $4.55 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#23 in SC
Charleston, SC
4.3x — bills about $4.32 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#32 in OK
Oklahoma City, OK
5.0x — bills about $5.03 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#48 in CA
Burlingame, CA
4.5x — bills about $4.50 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#24 in SC
Columbia, SC
5.5x — bills about $5.54 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#61 in PA
Bensalem, PA
4.7x — bills about $4.65 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for