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. 851
    C

    Barnes Jewish Hospital

    Saint Louis, MO

    3.9x — bills about $3.91 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    334 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  2. 852
    B

    Hunt Regional Medical Center

    Greenville, TX

    3.9x — bills about $3.91 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    60 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  3. 853
    B

    Parkwest Medical Center

    Knoxville, TN

    3.9x — bills about $3.91 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    142 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  4. 854
    B

    Mercy Hospital St Louis

    Saint Louis, MO

    3.9x — bills about $3.91 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    210 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  5. 855
    B

    St Lukes Hospital

    Chesterfield, MO

    3.9x — bills about $3.92 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    149 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  6. 856
    B

    Cascade Valley Hospital

    Arlington, WA

    3.9x — bills about $3.92 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    15 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  7. 857
  8. 858
  9. 859
    B

    Phoebe Sumter Medical Center

    Americus, GA

    3.9x — bills about $3.92 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    21 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  10. 860
  11. 861
  12. 862
  13. 863
  14. 864
  15. 865
  16. 866
  17. 867
    C

    Mount Sinai Hospital

    New York, NY

    3.9x — bills about $3.94 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    269 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  18. 868
    B

    Rex Hospital

    Raleigh, NC

    3.9x — bills about $3.95 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    222 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Government - State
  19. 869
    B

    Archbold Memorial Hospital

    Thomasville, GA

    4.0x — bills about $3.95 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    72 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  20. 870
  21. 871
  22. 872
  23. 873
  24. 874
    B

    Virginia Hospital Center

    Arlington, VA

    4.0x — bills about $3.95 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    146 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  25. 875
  26. 876
    B

    Integris Miami Hospital

    Miami, OK

    4.0x — bills about $3.96 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    11 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  27. 877
  28. 878
  29. 879
  30. 880
  31. 881
    C

    Chi Health Immanuel

    Omaha, NE

    4.0x — bills about $3.97 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    43 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  32. 882
  33. 883
  34. 884
  35. 885
  36. 886
    B

    Jefferson Health- Northeast

    Philadelphia, PA

    4.0x — bills about $3.98 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    158 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  37. 887
    B

    Trinity - Bettendorf

    Bettendorf, IA

    4.0x — bills about $3.99 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    21 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  38. 888
    B

    Chi Health St. Elizabeth

    Lincoln, NE

    4.0x — bills about $3.99 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    50 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  39. 889
  40. 890
  41. 891
  42. 892
    B

    Westerly Hospital

    Westerly, RI

    4.0x — bills about $3.99 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    42 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  43. 893
  44. 894
    B

    Avera St Mary's Hospital

    Pierre, SD

    4.0x — bills about $3.99 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    27 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  45. 895
  46. 896
    B

    Rivers Health

    Point Pleasant, WV

    4.0x — bills about $3.99 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    11 procedures priced CMS quality 1/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  47. 897
  48. 898
    B

    Inova Loudoun Hospital

    Leesburg, VA

    4.0x — bills about $4.00 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    117 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  49. 899
    B

    Union Hospital Inc

    Terre Haute, IN

    4.0x — bills about $4.00 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    138 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  50. 900
    B

    Progress West Hospital

    Ofallon, MO

    4.0x — bills about $4.00 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    29 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private