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.
#99 in PA
Camp Hill, PA
7.3x — bills about $7.31 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#48 in TN
Powell, TN
8.0x — bills about $7.99 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#64 in GA
Savannah, GA
6.9x — bills about $6.88 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#30 in AR
El Dorado, AR
7.3x — bills about $7.29 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#65 in GA
Newnan, GA
8.1x — bills about $8.11 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#156 in CA
Murrieta, CA
6.8x — bills about $6.79 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#41 in WA
Gig Harbor, WA
6.8x — bills about $6.81 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#125 in TX
Houston, TX
6.9x — bills about $6.92 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#126 in TX
Pasadena, TX
8.1x — bills about $8.08 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#127 in TX
The Woodlands, TX
7.4x — bills about $7.39 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#31 in CO
Colorado Springs, CO
7.6x — bills about $7.62 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#128 in TX
Athens, TX
7.3x — bills about $7.32 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#75 in NC
Wilson, NC
6.7x — bills about $6.66 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#157 in CA
San Francisco, CA
5.1x — bills about $5.09 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#32 in CO
Littleton, CO
7.6x — bills about $7.56 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#34 in KS
Shawnee Mission, KS
7.7x — bills about $7.66 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#158 in CA
Marysville, CA
6.6x — bills about $6.58 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#159 in CA
Daly City, CA
6.8x — bills about $6.84 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#160 in CA
Alameda, CA
5.9x — bills about $5.93 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#71 in FL
St. Johns, FL
7.9x — bills about $7.87 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#35 in KS
Leawood, KS
9.0x — bills about $8.97 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#161 in CA
South Lake Tahoe, CA
8.3x — bills about $8.34 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#10 in NM
Carlsbad, NM
7.5x — bills about $7.48 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#34 in AL
Fort Payne, AL
6.9x — bills about $6.92 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#72 in FL
Coral Gables, FL
7.4x — bills about $7.41 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#33 in CO
Lafayette, CO
7.7x — bills about $7.68 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#34 in AZ
Scottsdale, AZ
7.2x — bills about $7.16 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#44 in OK
Oklahoma City, OK
7.1x — bills about $7.11 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#34 in CO
Wheat Ridge, CO
8.0x — bills about $8.04 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#36 in KS
Overland Park, KS
7.4x — bills about $7.39 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#52 in MO
Moberly, MO
7.0x — bills about $6.98 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#114 in NY
Bronx, NY
6.2x — bills about $6.16 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#100 in PA
Philadelphia, PA
6.8x — bills about $6.76 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#43 in NJ
Somerville, NJ
8.0x — bills about $7.95 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#98 in IL
Elgin, IL
7.6x — bills about $7.57 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#162 in CA
Coronado, CA
7.0x — bills about $7.02 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#73 in FL
Miami, FL
7.6x — bills about $7.56 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#163 in CA
San Bernardino, CA
6.8x — bills about $6.78 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#42 in WA
Federal Way, WA
6.5x — bills about $6.49 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
#43 in WA
Tacoma, WA
6.7x — bills about $6.68 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for