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. 701
  2. 702
  3. 703
  4. 704
  5. 705
    B

    Hays Medical Center

    Hays, KS

    3.7x — bills about $3.67 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    90 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  6. 706
    B

    Fairfield Medical Center

    Lancaster, OH

    3.7x — bills about $3.67 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    88 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  7. 707
    B

    Ssm St Clare Health Center

    Fenton, MO

    3.7x — bills about $3.67 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    66 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  8. 708
  9. 709
  10. 710
    B

    Mount Nittany Medical Center

    State College, PA

    3.7x — bills about $3.67 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    88 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  11. 711
  12. 712
  13. 713
  14. 714
    B

    St Elizabeth Ft Thomas

    Fort Thomas, KY

    3.7x — bills about $3.68 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    56 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  15. 715
    B

    Robert Packer Hospital

    Sayre, PA

    3.7x — bills about $3.68 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    139 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  16. 716
  17. 717
    B

    Southern Nh Medical Center

    Nashua, NH

    3.7x — bills about $3.68 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    73 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  18. 718
  19. 719
    B

    Deaconess Hospital Inc

    Evansville, IN

    3.7x — bills about $3.68 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    260 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  20. 720
    B

    Vail Health Hospital

    Vail, CO

    3.7x — bills about $3.69 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    23 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  21. 721
  22. 722
  23. 723
    B

    Orthoindy Hospital

    Indianapolis, IN

    3.7x — bills about $3.69 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    17 procedures priced Physician
  24. 724
  25. 725
  26. 726
    C

    Danbury Hospital

    Danbury, CT

    3.7x — bills about $3.70 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    149 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  27. 727
  28. 728
  29. 729
    B

    Acadia General Hospital

    Crowley, LA

    3.7x — bills about $3.70 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    29 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  30. 730
    C

    Desert Valley Hospital

    Victorville, CA

    3.7x — bills about $3.70 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    40 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Proprietary
  31. 731
  32. 732
    B

    William W Backus Hospital

    Norwich, CT

    3.7x — bills about $3.70 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    76 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  33. 733
  34. 734
  35. 735
  36. 736
    B

    Saint Joseph Hospital

    Lexington, KY

    3.7x — bills about $3.71 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    94 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  37. 737
    B

    Saint Joseph East

    Lexington, KY

    3.7x — bills about $3.72 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    29 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  38. 738
  39. 739
  40. 740
  41. 741
    B

    Medical Center Hospital

    Odessa, TX

    3.7x — bills about $3.72 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    85 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  42. 742
    B

    Inova Mount Vernon Hospital

    Alexandria, VA

    3.7x — bills about $3.72 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    57 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  43. 743
  44. 744
    C

    Mcleod Health Clarendon

    Manning, SC

    3.7x — bills about $3.72 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    15 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  45. 745
  46. 746
  47. 747
  48. 748
    B

    Bmh-Golden Triangle

    Columbus, MS

    3.7x — bills about $3.73 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    78 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  49. 749
  50. 750
    B

    Elliot Hospital

    Manchester, NH

    3.7x — bills about $3.73 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    110 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private