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. 151
    A

    Leconte Medical Center

    Sevierville, TN

    2.3x — bills about $2.31 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    25 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  2. 152
    A

    Warren Memorial Hospital

    Front Royal, VA

    2.3x — bills about $2.31 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    29 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  3. 153
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  5. 155
  6. 156
  7. 157
  8. 158
  9. 159
    A

    Oneida Health Hospital

    Oneida, NY

    2.3x — bills about $2.34 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    26 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  10. 160
    A

    Campbell County Health

    Gillette, WY

    2.3x — bills about $2.35 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    31 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  11. 161
    A

    Arnot Ogden Medical Center

    Elmira, NY

    2.4x — bills about $2.35 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    58 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  12. 162
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  14. 164
    A

    Olympic Medical Center

    Port Angeles, WA

    2.4x — bills about $2.38 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    67 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Local
  15. 165
    A

    Penn Highlands Huntingdon

    Huntingdon, PA

    2.4x — bills about $2.38 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    14 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  16. 166
  17. 167
    A

    Keralty Hospital

    Miami, FL

    2.4x — bills about $2.40 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    26 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Proprietary
  18. 168
    A

    Highland Hospital

    Rochester, NY

    2.4x — bills about $2.40 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    82 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  19. 169
    A

    F F Thompson Hospital

    Canandaigua, NY

    2.4x — bills about $2.41 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    38 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  20. 170
  21. 171
    A

    Mercy Hospital Of Buffalo

    Buffalo, NY

    2.4x — bills about $2.42 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    94 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  22. 172
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  24. 174
    B

    Lonesome Pine Hospital

    Big Stone Gap, VA

    2.4x — bills about $2.43 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    21 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  25. 175
    A

    Emerson Hospital -

    W Concord, MA

    2.4x — bills about $2.45 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    79 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  26. 176
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  28. 178
    A

    Fort Loudoun Medical Center

    Lenoir City, TN

    2.5x — bills about $2.46 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    16 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  29. 179
    A

    Kaiser Foundation Hospital

    Honolulu, HI

    2.5x — bills about $2.47 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    15 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  30. 180
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  34. 184
    A

    Cumberland Medical Center

    Crossville, TN

    2.5x — bills about $2.51 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    48 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  35. 185
    A

    Marshall Medical Centers

    Boaz, AL

    2.5x — bills about $2.52 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    53 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
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  43. 193
    A

    Billings Clinic Hospital

    Billings, MT

    2.5x — bills about $2.55 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    172 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  44. 194
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  46. 196
    A

    Saint Anne's Hospital

    Fall River, MA

    2.6x — bills about $2.56 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    92 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Proprietary
  47. 197
    B

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    2.6x — bills about $2.56 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    165 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  48. 198
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  50. 200
    A

    Washington Hospital, The

    Washington, PA

    2.6x — bills about $2.57 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    61 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private