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. 551
  2. 552
    B

    St John Owasso

    Owasso, OK

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

    13 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  3. 553
  4. 554
    B

    Presbyterian Hospital

    Albuquerque, NM

    3.4x — bills about $3.41 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    178 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  5. 555
  6. 556
  7. 557
  8. 558
  9. 559
    B

    Concord Hospital- Laconia

    Laconia, NH

    3.4x — bills about $3.42 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    44 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  10. 560
    A

    American Fork Hospital

    American Fork, UT

    3.4x — bills about $3.42 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    35 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  11. 561
  12. 562
    C

    St Mary Medical Center

    Galesburg, IL

    3.4x — bills about $3.43 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    41 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  13. 563
  14. 564
    B

    Mercy Hospital South

    Saint Louis, MO

    3.4x — bills about $3.43 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    175 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  15. 565
  16. 566
    B

    Citizens Medical Center

    Victoria, TX

    3.4x — bills about $3.43 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    69 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  17. 567
    C

    United Medical Center

    Washington, DC

    3.4x — bills about $3.43 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    14 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Proprietary
  18. 568
    A

    Mclaren Port Huron

    Port Huron, MI

    3.4x — bills about $3.43 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    75 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  19. 569
  20. 570
  21. 571
  22. 572
  23. 573
    B

    Covenant Medical Center

    Saginaw, MI

    3.4x — bills about $3.44 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    129 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  24. 574
    C

    Garden City Hospital

    Garden City, MI

    3.4x — bills about $3.45 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    38 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  25. 575
  26. 576
  27. 577
  28. 578
  29. 579
  30. 580
  31. 581
  32. 582
    B

    Mayo Clinic Hospital

    Phoenix, AZ

    3.5x — bills about $3.46 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    275 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  33. 583
    B

    Ellis Hospital

    Schenectady, NY

    3.5x — bills about $3.46 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    76 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  34. 584
  35. 585
    B

    Allen Hospital

    Waterloo, IA

    3.5x — bills about $3.46 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    88 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  36. 586
  37. 587
    B

    Onslow Memorial Hospital

    Jacksonville, NC

    3.5x — bills about $3.46 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    44 procedures priced CMS quality 1/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  38. 588
    B

    Iberia Medical Center

    New Iberia, LA

    3.5x — bills about $3.47 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    33 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  39. 589
  40. 590
    B

    Ascension Genesys Hospital

    Grand Blanc, MI

    3.5x — bills about $3.47 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    99 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  41. 591
  42. 592
  43. 593
  44. 594
  45. 595
    B

    Ridgeview Medical Center

    Waconia, MN

    3.5x — bills about $3.48 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    55 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  46. 596
    B

    St Lukes Hospital

    Duluth, MN

    3.5x — bills about $3.48 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    133 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  47. 597
    B

    St Josephs Hospital

    Breese, IL

    3.5x — bills about $3.48 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    11 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  48. 598
    B

    Helen Keller Hospital

    Sheffield, AL

    3.5x — bills about $3.49 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    47 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  49. 599
    B

    Lompoc Valley Medical Center

    Lompoc, CA

    3.5x — bills about $3.49 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    26 procedures priced CMS quality 1/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  50. 600
    C

    Humboldt Park Health

    Chicago, IL

    3.5x — bills about $3.49 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    18 procedures priced CMS quality 1/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private