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. 1151
    C

    Adventist Health Tulare

    Tulare, CA

    4.5x — bills about $4.47 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    19 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  2. 1152
  3. 1153
    C

    Franciscan Health Dyer

    Dyer, IN

    4.5x — bills about $4.47 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    54 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  4. 1154
    C

    Avera St Lukes

    Aberdeen, SD

    4.5x — bills about $4.47 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    69 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  5. 1155
  6. 1156
    C

    Spartanburg Medical Center

    Spartanburg, SC

    4.5x — bills about $4.48 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    213 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  7. 1157
  8. 1158
  9. 1159
    C

    Uf Health Shands Hospital

    Gainesville, FL

    4.5x — bills about $4.48 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    262 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  10. 1160
    C

    Atrium Health Lincoln

    Lincolnton, NC

    4.5x — bills about $4.48 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    41 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  11. 1161
  12. 1162
  13. 1163
  14. 1164
    C

    Gettysburg Hospital

    Gettysburg, PA

    4.5x — bills about $4.49 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    68 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  15. 1165
  16. 1166
  17. 1167
  18. 1168
  19. 1169
    C

    Scotland Memorial Hospital

    Laurinburg, NC

    4.5x — bills about $4.49 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    28 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  20. 1170
    C

    St Marys Medical Center

    Huntington, WV

    4.5x — bills about $4.49 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    118 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  21. 1171
  22. 1172
    C

    Allegheny Valley Hospital

    Natrona, PA

    4.5x — bills about $4.49 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    26 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  23. 1173
  24. 1174
  25. 1175
  26. 1176
    C

    South Pointe Hospital

    Warrensville Heights, OH

    4.5x — bills about $4.50 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    52 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  27. 1177
  28. 1178
    D

    Maimonides Medical Center

    Brooklyn, NY

    4.5x — bills about $4.50 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    164 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  29. 1179
    C

    Sentara Careplex Hospital

    Hampton, VA

    4.5x — bills about $4.50 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    70 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  30. 1180
    C

    Peninsula Medical Center

    Burlingame, CA

    4.5x — bills about $4.50 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    115 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  31. 1181
  32. 1182
  33. 1183
  34. 1184
    C

    Edward W Sparrow Hospital

    Lansing, MI

    4.5x — bills about $4.51 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    117 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  35. 1185
  36. 1186
    B

    Montrose Regional Health

    Montrose, CO

    4.5x — bills about $4.51 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    35 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  37. 1187
  38. 1188
    C

    Saint John's Health Center

    Santa Monica, CA

    4.5x — bills about $4.52 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    144 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  39. 1189
  40. 1190
    C

    St Clair Hospital

    Pittsburgh, PA

    4.5x — bills about $4.52 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    80 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  41. 1191
  42. 1192
    C

    Landmark Medical Center

    Woonsocket, RI

    4.5x — bills about $4.53 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    31 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  43. 1193
    C

    Swedish Hospital

    Chicago, IL

    4.5x — bills about $4.53 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    75 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  44. 1194
  45. 1195
  46. 1196
  47. 1197
  48. 1198
  49. 1199
    C

    Wellspan York Hospital

    York, PA

    4.5x — bills about $4.53 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    199 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  50. 1200