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. 1351
    C

    Advocate Sherman Hospital

    Elgin, IL

    4.8x — bills about $4.81 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    125 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  2. 1352
  3. 1353
  4. 1354
    C

    Carilion Medical Center

    Roanoke, VA

    4.8x — bills about $4.81 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    240 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  5. 1355
  6. 1356
  7. 1357
  8. 1358
  9. 1359
  10. 1360
  11. 1361
    B

    Womans Hospital

    Baton Rouge, LA

    4.8x — bills about $4.82 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    12 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  12. 1362
  13. 1363
  14. 1364
  15. 1365
  16. 1366
  17. 1367
  18. 1368
  19. 1369
  20. 1370
  21. 1371
  22. 1372
    C

    Allegheny General Hospital

    Pittsburgh, PA

    4.9x — bills about $4.85 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    160 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  23. 1373
    C

    Maury Regional Hospital

    Columbia, TN

    4.9x — bills about $4.85 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    112 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Local
  24. 1374
    C

    Medina Hospital

    Medina, OH

    4.9x — bills about $4.86 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    65 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  25. 1375
  26. 1376
  27. 1377
  28. 1378
  29. 1379
    C

    Candler Hospital

    Savannah, GA

    4.9x — bills about $4.86 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    78 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  30. 1380
  31. 1381
    C

    Holy Cross Hospital-Davis

    Layton, UT

    4.9x — bills about $4.86 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    42 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  32. 1382
  33. 1383
  34. 1384
    C

    Bellevue Hospital

    Bellevue, OH

    4.9x — bills about $4.87 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    14 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  35. 1385
  36. 1386
  37. 1387
  38. 1388
  39. 1389
  40. 1390
    C

    St Nicholas Hospital

    Sheboygan, WI

    4.9x — bills about $4.88 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    21 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  41. 1391
  42. 1392
  43. 1393
    C

    Beauregard Memorial Hospital

    Deridder, LA

    4.9x — bills about $4.88 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    15 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  44. 1394
    C

    Hillcrest Hospital

    Mayfield Heights, OH

    4.9x — bills about $4.89 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    180 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  45. 1395
  46. 1396
  47. 1397
  48. 1398
  49. 1399
    C

    Sacred Heart Hospital

    Pensacola, FL

    4.9x — bills about $4.89 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    167 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  50. 1400