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. 1451
  2. 1452
    C

    St Marys Hospital

    Decatur, IL

    5.0x — bills about $4.98 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    38 procedures priced CMS quality 1/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  3. 1453
  4. 1454
    C

    Adventhealth Palm Coast

    Palm Coast, FL

    5.0x — bills about $4.99 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    78 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  5. 1455
  6. 1456
  7. 1457
    C

    Ahn Wexford Hospital

    Wexford, PA

    5.0x — bills about $4.99 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    48 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  8. 1458
    C

    Plainview Hospital

    Plainview, NY

    5.0x — bills about $5.00 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    94 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  9. 1459
  10. 1460
  11. 1461
    D

    Palisades Medical Center

    North Bergen, NJ

    5.0x — bills about $5.01 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    35 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  12. 1462
    C

    Integris Grove Hospital

    Grove, OK

    5.0x — bills about $5.01 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    17 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  13. 1463
    C

    St Mary Medical Center Inc

    Hobart, IN

    5.0x — bills about $5.01 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    105 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  14. 1464
  15. 1465
    C

    Chi Health Lakeside

    Omaha, NE

    5.0x — bills about $5.01 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    66 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  16. 1466
    C

    Adventhealth Fish Memorial

    Orange City, FL

    5.0x — bills about $5.02 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    72 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  17. 1467
  18. 1468
  19. 1469
  20. 1470
  21. 1471
    C

    Roper Hospital

    Charleston, SC

    5.0x — bills about $5.04 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    146 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  22. 1472
  23. 1473
  24. 1474
  25. 1475
  26. 1476
    C

    Adventist Health Portland

    Portland, OR

    5.0x — bills about $5.04 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    60 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  27. 1477
  28. 1478
    C

    Forbes Hospital

    Monroeville, PA

    5.0x — bills about $5.04 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    86 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  29. 1479
  30. 1480
    C

    St Alexius Medical Center

    Hoffman Estates, IL

    5.0x — bills about $5.04 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    100 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  31. 1481
    D

    Macneal Hospital

    Berwyn, IL

    5.0x — bills about $5.04 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    67 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Proprietary
  32. 1482
  33. 1483
    D

    Broward Health Medical Center

    Fort Lauderdale, FL

    5.0x — bills about $5.05 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    79 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  34. 1484
  35. 1485
  36. 1486
  37. 1487
    C

    Piedmont Augusta Hospital

    Augusta, GA

    5.1x — bills about $5.06 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    145 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  38. 1488
    C

    Pikeville Medical Center

    Pikeville, KY

    5.1x — bills about $5.06 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    91 procedures priced CMS quality 1/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  39. 1489
  40. 1490
    C

    Chester County Hospital

    West Chester, PA

    5.1x — bills about $5.06 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    151 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  41. 1491
  42. 1492
    C

    Beaumont Hospital, Troy

    Troy, MI

    5.1x — bills about $5.06 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    217 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  43. 1493
    C

    Stillwater Medical Center

    Stillwater, OK

    5.1x — bills about $5.06 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    81 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  44. 1494
  45. 1495
    C

    Lane Regional Medical Center

    Zachary, LA

    5.1x — bills about $5.06 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    12 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  46. 1496
    D

    Waterbury Hospital

    Waterbury, CT

    5.1x — bills about $5.06 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    61 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Proprietary
  47. 1497
  48. 1498
    C

    St Charles Hospital

    Port Jefferson, NY

    5.1x — bills about $5.07 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    63 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  49. 1499
  50. 1500
    C

    Swedish Edmonds Hospital

    Edmonds, WA

    5.1x — bills about $5.07 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    53 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private