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.
#44 in LA
New Orleans, LA
4.6x — bills about $4.61 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#33 in KY
Louisville, KY
5.1x — bills about $5.09 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#38 in TN
Nashville, TN
5.1x — bills about $5.07 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#97 in NY
White Plains, NY
5.7x — bills about $5.67 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#33 in SC
Anderson, SC
5.9x — bills about $5.87 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#46 in FL
Panama City, FL
6.3x — bills about $6.26 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#53 in IN
Evansville, IN
6.3x — bills about $6.34 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#34 in KY
Richmond, KY
6.4x — bills about $6.43 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#102 in OH
Oregon, OH
6.1x — bills about $6.13 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#83 in IL
Sterling, IL
6.3x — bills about $6.33 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#17 in NJ
Toms River, NJ
6.5x — bills about $6.47 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#18 in NJ
Livingston, NJ
5.6x — bills about $5.64 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#98 in CA
Castro Valley, CA
5.2x — bills about $5.21 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#54 in IN
Indianapolis, IN
5.7x — bills about $5.71 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#11 in NH
Rochester, NH
6.1x — bills about $6.11 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#55 in IN
Lafayette, IN
6.3x — bills about $6.27 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#99 in CA
Antioch, CA
4.0x — bills about $4.02 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#103 in TX
Midlothian, TX
6.7x — bills about $6.70 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#98 in NY
New York, NY
5.9x — bills about $5.88 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#84 in IL
Geneva, IL
5.7x — bills about $5.69 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#85 in IL
Dekalb, IL
5.8x — bills about $5.81 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#78 in PA
Lancaster, PA
6.0x — bills about $6.00 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#41 in GA
Athens, GA
5.6x — bills about $5.58 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#42 in GA
Atlanta, GA
5.4x — bills about $5.41 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#86 in IL
Chicago, IL
4.8x — bills about $4.80 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#19 in NJ
Red Bank, NJ
6.3x — bills about $6.27 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#87 in IL
Peoria, IL
5.4x — bills about $5.39 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#20 in NJ
Somers Point, NJ
6.2x — bills about $6.22 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#99 in NY
Smithtown, NY
5.9x — bills about $5.94 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#79 in PA
Coaldale, PA
5.5x — bills about $5.48 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#21 in NJ
Elizabeth, NJ
4.7x — bills about $4.69 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#74 in MI
Marquette, MI
6.0x — bills about $5.96 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#39 in TN
Kingsport, TN
5.9x — bills about $5.93 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#80 in PA
Ephrata, PA
6.0x — bills about $5.99 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#43 in GA
Marietta, GA
7.0x — bills about $7.00 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#45 in LA
Marrero, LA
6.3x — bills about $6.30 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#81 in PA
Pittsburgh, PA
6.0x — bills about $5.98 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#100 in CA
Woodland, CA
5.6x — bills about $5.55 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#50 in VA
Wytheville, VA
5.5x — bills about $5.47 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#28 in AZ
Mesa, AZ
6.5x — bills about $6.48 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for