CostGrade

Hospitals With the Smallest Gap Between Charges and Payments

Ranked by how much a hospital bills in list charges for every dollar of care actually paid for, across 2,617 graded hospitals. Only hospitals with at least ten priced procedures appear, so a single unusual case cannot put a hospital at either end.

This is not a ranking of cheap care. A low markup means a hospital's list prices sit close to what its care is actually paid for. It does not mean your treatment there will cost less than somewhere else — that depends on your insurance and your case.

  1. 501
  2. 502
    B

    Bethesda North

    Cincinnati, OH

    3.3x — bills about $3.31 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    181 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  3. 503
  4. 504
    B

    Union General Hospital

    Blairsville, GA

    3.3x — bills about $3.32 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    50 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Local
  5. 505
  6. 506
  7. 507
  8. 508
  9. 509
    B

    Reid Health

    Richmond, IN

    3.3x — bills about $3.32 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    122 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  10. 510
    B

    Yale-New Haven Hospital

    New Haven, CT

    3.3x — bills about $3.33 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    285 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  11. 511
    B

    Emory University Hospital

    Atlanta, GA

    3.3x — bills about $3.33 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    197 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  12. 512
    B

    Marlborough Hospital

    Marlborough, MA

    3.3x — bills about $3.33 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    42 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  13. 513
    B

    Chi St Alexius Health

    Bismarck, ND

    3.3x — bills about $3.33 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    72 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  14. 514
  15. 515
    B

    Chenango Memorial Hospital

    Norwich, NY

    3.3x — bills about $3.34 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    12 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  16. 516
    C

    Fairbanks Memorial Hospital

    Fairbanks, AK

    3.3x — bills about $3.34 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    55 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  17. 517
  18. 518
  19. 519
    B

    St Peter's Hospital

    Albany, NY

    3.4x — bills about $3.35 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    167 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  20. 520
  21. 521
    A

    Wood County Hospital

    Bowling Green, OH

    3.4x — bills about $3.35 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    27 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  22. 522
    A

    Blanchard Valley Hospital

    Findlay, OH

    3.4x — bills about $3.35 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    84 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  23. 523
  24. 524
  25. 525
    B

    Lutheran Hospital

    Cleveland, OH

    3.4x — bills about $3.36 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    20 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  26. 526
  27. 527
    C

    North Vista Hospital

    North Las Vegas, NV

    3.4x — bills about $3.36 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    22 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  28. 528
  29. 529
    B

    Bridgeport Hospital

    Bridgeport, CT

    3.4x — bills about $3.37 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    134 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  30. 530
    B

    Regions Hospital

    Saint Paul, MN

    3.4x — bills about $3.37 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    198 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  31. 531
    B

    Grand Lake Health System

    Saint Marys, OH

    3.4x — bills about $3.37 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    20 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  32. 532
  33. 533
  34. 534
    B

    Berkeley Medical Center

    Martinsburg, WV

    3.4x — bills about $3.37 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    81 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  35. 535
    B

    Baptist Medical Center South

    Montgomery, AL

    3.4x — bills about $3.37 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    93 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  36. 536
  37. 537
  38. 538
  39. 539
  40. 540
  41. 541
    B

    Watauga Medical Center

    Boone, NC

    3.4x — bills about $3.39 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    51 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Local
  42. 542
  43. 543
  44. 544
    A

    Citizens Memorial Hospital

    Bolivar, MO

    3.4x — bills about $3.39 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    28 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  45. 545
    A

    Park City Hospital

    Park City, UT

    3.4x — bills about $3.39 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    16 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Proprietary
  46. 546
    B

    Parkland Health Center

    Farmington, MO

    3.4x — bills about $3.40 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    42 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  47. 547
  48. 548
  49. 549
    B

    Henry Ford Macomb Hospital

    Clinton Township, MI

    3.4x — bills about $3.40 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    152 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  50. 550