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. 1951
  2. 1952
  3. 1953
    D

    University Of Kansas Hospital

    Kansas City, KS

    6.3x — bills about $6.31 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    315 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  4. 1954
  5. 1955
  6. 1956
  7. 1957
  8. 1958
    D

    Cgh Medical Center

    Sterling, IL

    6.3x — bills about $6.33 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    64 procedures priced CMS quality 1/5 Government - Local
  9. 1959
    D

    Raritan Bay Medical Center

    Perth Amboy, NJ

    6.3x — bills about $6.33 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    89 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  10. 1960
  11. 1961
  12. 1962
  13. 1963
    D

    Promedica Toledo Hospital

    Toledo, OH

    6.4x — bills about $6.35 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    219 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  14. 1964
  15. 1965
    D

    Avala

    Covington, LA

    6.4x — bills about $6.36 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    14 procedures priced Physician
  16. 1966
  17. 1967
    D

    Baptist Health Corbin

    Corbin, KY

    6.4x — bills about $6.37 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    47 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  18. 1968
    D

    Upmc Mercy

    Pittsburgh, PA

    6.4x — bills about $6.37 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    71 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  19. 1969
  20. 1970
  21. 1971
    D

    Atrium Health Pineville

    Charlotte, NC

    6.4x — bills about $6.40 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    160 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  22. 1972
  23. 1973
  24. 1974
    C

    Mary Immaculate Hospital

    Newport News, VA

    6.4x — bills about $6.43 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    53 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  25. 1975
    D

    Baptist Health Richmond

    Richmond, KY

    6.4x — bills about $6.43 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    36 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  26. 1976
    D

    St Tammany Parish Hospital

    Covington, LA

    6.4x — bills about $6.43 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    101 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  27. 1977
    D

    Baptist Hospital

    Pensacola, FL

    6.4x — bills about $6.44 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    151 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  28. 1978
  29. 1979
    D

    Blessing Hospital

    Quincy, IL

    6.5x — bills about $6.47 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    136 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  30. 1980
  31. 1981
  32. 1982
    D

    Community Medical Center

    Toms River, NJ

    6.5x — bills about $6.47 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    184 procedures priced CMS quality 1/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  33. 1983
  34. 1984
    D

    Bayshore Medical Center

    Holmdel, NJ

    6.5x — bills about $6.48 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    85 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  35. 1985
  36. 1986
  37. 1987
    D

    Lee Memorial Hospital

    Fort Myers, FL

    6.5x — bills about $6.49 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    209 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  38. 1988
    D

    Saint Vincent Hospital

    Erie, PA

    6.5x — bills about $6.49 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    96 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  39. 1989
  40. 1990
  41. 1991
  42. 1992
    D

    Summa Health System

    Akron, OH

    6.5x — bills about $6.51 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    154 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  43. 1993
  44. 1994
  45. 1995
  46. 1996
    D

    Adventist Health Sonora

    Sonora, CA

    6.5x — bills about $6.53 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    77 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  47. 1997
  48. 1998
  49. 1999
    D

    Mon Health Medical Center

    Morgantown, WV

    6.6x — bills about $6.57 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    97 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  50. 2000