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. 1601
    D

    Mount Sinai West

    New York, NY

    5.3x — bills about $5.25 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    183 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  2. 1602
  3. 1603
  4. 1604
  5. 1605
    C

    Catholic Medical Center

    Manchester, NH

    5.3x — bills about $5.27 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    115 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  6. 1606
  7. 1607
    C

    St Vincent's Birmingham

    Birmingham, AL

    5.3x — bills about $5.27 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    113 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  8. 1608
  9. 1609
    C

    Memorial Healthcare

    Owosso, MI

    5.3x — bills about $5.27 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    34 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  10. 1610
  11. 1611
  12. 1612
    C

    Community Hospital North

    Indianapolis, IN

    5.3x — bills about $5.28 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    101 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  13. 1613
  14. 1614
    C

    Oaklawn Hospital

    Marshall, MI

    5.3x — bills about $5.29 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    32 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  15. 1615
  16. 1616
  17. 1617
    C

    Lubbock Heart Hospital Lp

    Lubbock, TX

    5.3x — bills about $5.29 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    36 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  18. 1618
    D

    Griffin Hospital

    Derby, CT

    5.3x — bills about $5.30 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    46 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  19. 1619
  20. 1620
  21. 1621
  22. 1622
    C

    Franciscan Health Munster

    Munster, IN

    5.3x — bills about $5.30 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    46 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  23. 1623
  24. 1624
  25. 1625
  26. 1626
    C

    Baptist Memorial Hospital

    Memphis, TN

    5.3x — bills about $5.31 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    262 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  27. 1627
    D

    Ucsf Medical Center

    San Francisco, CA

    5.3x — bills about $5.31 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    292 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  28. 1628
  29. 1629
    D

    Providence Mission Hospital

    Mission Viejo, CA

    5.3x — bills about $5.32 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    155 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  30. 1630
  31. 1631
    C

    Hamilton Medical Center

    Dalton, GA

    5.3x — bills about $5.32 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    84 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  32. 1632
  33. 1633
    C

    St Johns Hospital

    Springfield, IL

    5.3x — bills about $5.32 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    153 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  34. 1634
    C

    Fmol Health St Francis

    Monroe, LA

    5.3x — bills about $5.32 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    117 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  35. 1635
  36. 1636
    C

    Broward Health Coral Springs

    Coral Springs, FL

    5.3x — bills about $5.33 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    51 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  37. 1637
    C

    Baptist Health - Fort Smith

    Fort Smith, AR

    5.3x — bills about $5.33 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    100 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  38. 1638
  39. 1639
    C

    Halifax Health Medical Center

    Daytona Beach, FL

    5.3x — bills about $5.34 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    140 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  40. 1640
  41. 1641
  42. 1642
  43. 1643
    C

    Shannon Medical Center

    San Angelo, TX

    5.3x — bills about $5.35 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    132 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  44. 1644
    D

    Pih Health Downey Hospital

    Downey, CA

    5.4x — bills about $5.36 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    43 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  45. 1645
  46. 1646
  47. 1647
  48. 1648
    D

    University Medical Center

    Lubbock, TX

    5.4x — bills about $5.36 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    131 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  49. 1649
  50. 1650
    D

    Memorial Medical Center

    Modesto, CA

    5.4x — bills about $5.37 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

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