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. 1251
  2. 1252
  3. 1253
  4. 1254
  5. 1255
    B

    Watertown Memorial Hospital

    Watertown, WI

    4.6x — bills about $4.62 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    28 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  6. 1256
    D

    Keck Hospital Of Usc

    Los Angeles, CA

    4.6x — bills about $4.63 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    161 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  7. 1257
  8. 1258
    D

    Grady Memorial Hospital

    Atlanta, GA

    4.6x — bills about $4.63 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    106 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  9. 1259
    C

    Evergreenhealth Medical Center

    Kirkland, WA

    4.6x — bills about $4.63 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    114 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  10. 1260
  11. 1261
  12. 1262
  13. 1263
  14. 1264
  15. 1265
  16. 1266
  17. 1267
    C

    Verde Valley Medical Center

    Cottonwood, AZ

    4.6x — bills about $4.65 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    61 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  18. 1268
    C

    Hannibal Regional Hospital

    Hannibal, MO

    4.6x — bills about $4.65 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    61 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  19. 1269
  20. 1270
  21. 1271
    C

    Marymount Hospital

    Garfield Heights, OH

    4.7x — bills about $4.65 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    63 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  22. 1272
  23. 1273
  24. 1274
  25. 1275
  26. 1276
    C

    Anderson Hospital

    Maryville, IL

    4.7x — bills about $4.66 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    55 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  27. 1277
    C

    Euclid Hospital

    Euclid, OH

    4.7x — bills about $4.67 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    25 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  28. 1278
  29. 1279
    C

    Adventhealth Hendersonville

    Hendersonville, NC

    4.7x — bills about $4.67 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    61 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  30. 1280
    C

    Concord Hospital

    Concord, NH

    4.7x — bills about $4.67 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    149 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  31. 1281
  32. 1282
    C

    Skagit Valley Hospital

    Mount Vernon, WA

    4.7x — bills about $4.68 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    87 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  33. 1283
  34. 1284
  35. 1285
  36. 1286
  37. 1287
    C

    Fairview Hospital

    Cleveland, OH

    4.7x — bills about $4.68 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    140 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  38. 1288
    D

    Shands Jacksonville

    Jacksonville, FL

    4.7x — bills about $4.69 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    132 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  39. 1289
  40. 1290
  41. 1291
    C

    Froedtert South Inc.

    Kenosha, WI

    4.7x — bills about $4.69 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    75 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Government - Local
  42. 1292
  43. 1293
    C

    St Joseph Medical Center

    Bloomington, IL

    4.7x — bills about $4.70 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    77 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  44. 1294
  45. 1295
    C

    Multicare Valley Hospital

    Spokane Valley, WA

    4.7x — bills about $4.71 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    51 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  46. 1296
  47. 1297
  48. 1298
  49. 1299
    C

    Sentara Obici Hospital

    Suffolk, VA

    4.7x — bills about $4.71 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    93 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  50. 1300