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. 951
  2. 952
  3. 953
  4. 954
    B

    Blount Memorial Hospital

    Maryville, TN

    4.1x — bills about $4.09 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    76 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Government - Local
  5. 955
  6. 956
  7. 957
  8. 958
    C

    Mclaren Flint

    Flint, MI

    4.1x — bills about $4.10 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    119 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  9. 959
  10. 960
  11. 961
    C

    Sgmc Health

    Valdosta, GA

    4.1x — bills about $4.10 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    104 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  12. 962
  13. 963
  14. 964
    B

    St Lukes Hospital

    Cedar Rapids, IA

    4.1x — bills about $4.11 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    110 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  15. 965
    B

    Lake Regional Health System

    Osage Beach, MO

    4.1x — bills about $4.11 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    56 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  16. 966
  17. 967
    B

    Chelsea Hospital

    Chelsea, MI

    4.1x — bills about $4.12 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    51 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  18. 968
    C

    Doctors Hospital

    Columbus, OH

    4.1x — bills about $4.12 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    50 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  19. 969
    C

    Wayne Memorial Hospital

    Honesdale, PA

    4.1x — bills about $4.12 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    45 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  20. 970
  21. 971
    C

    Upmc Hanover

    Hanover, PA

    4.1x — bills about $4.12 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    73 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  22. 972
  23. 973
    C

    Cherokee Medical Center

    Gaffney, SC

    4.1x — bills about $4.13 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    10 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  24. 974
  25. 975
    C

    Cleveland Clinic

    Cleveland, OH

    4.1x — bills about $4.13 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    310 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  26. 976
  27. 977
    C

    Methodist Fremont Health

    Fremont, NE

    4.1x — bills about $4.14 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    45 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  28. 978
  29. 979
  30. 980
    C

    Jefferson Abington Hospital

    Abington, PA

    4.1x — bills about $4.14 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    211 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  31. 981
  32. 982
  33. 983
  34. 984
  35. 985
  36. 986
  37. 987
  38. 988
  39. 989
  40. 990
    B

    Saint Joseph London

    London, KY

    4.2x — bills about $4.16 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    33 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  41. 991
  42. 992
    C

    Saratoga Hospital

    Saratoga Springs, NY

    4.2x — bills about $4.16 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    89 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  43. 993
    B

    Licking Memorial Hospital

    Newark, OH

    4.2x — bills about $4.16 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    63 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  44. 994
  45. 995
    B

    Lmh

    Lawrence, KS

    4.2x — bills about $4.17 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    78 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Government - Local
  46. 996
    C

    Memorial Hospital

    Marysville, OH

    4.2x — bills about $4.17 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    33 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Government - Local
  47. 997
  48. 998
  49. 999
    B

    Witham Health Services

    Lebanon, IN

    4.2x — bills about $4.18 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    33 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Government - Local
  50. 1000