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. 351
    A

    Cambridge Medical Center

    Cambridge, MN

    3.0x — bills about $2.96 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    17 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  2. 352
  3. 353
  4. 354
  5. 355
    A

    Essentia Health Duluth

    Duluth, MN

    3.0x — bills about $2.97 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    36 procedures priced Voluntary non-profit - Private
  6. 356
  7. 357
    B

    Mc Donough District Hospital

    Macomb, IL

    3.0x — bills about $2.97 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    13 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  8. 358
  9. 359
  10. 360
    B

    Uh Regional Hospitals

    Chardon, OH

    3.0x — bills about $2.98 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    59 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Proprietary
  11. 361
  12. 362
  13. 363
    A

    Buffalo Hospital

    Buffalo, MN

    3.0x — bills about $2.99 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    21 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  14. 364
  15. 365
  16. 366
    A

    Alomere Health

    Alexandria, MN

    3.0x — bills about $2.99 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    31 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Government - Local
  17. 367
  18. 368
  19. 369
  20. 370
    B

    East Liverpool City Hospital

    East Liverpool, OH

    3.0x — bills about $3.00 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    21 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  21. 371
  22. 372
  23. 373
  24. 374
    B

    Sky Lakes Medical Center

    Klamath Falls, OR

    3.0x — bills about $3.01 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    63 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  25. 375
    A

    Titus Regional Medical Center

    Mount Pleasant, TX

    3.0x — bills about $3.01 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    33 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  26. 376
  27. 377
    A

    Cheshire Medical Center

    Keene, NH

    3.0x — bills about $3.02 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    58 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  28. 378
    A

    Cary Medical Center

    Caribou, ME

    3.0x — bills about $3.02 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    15 procedures priced CMS quality 1/5 Government - Local
  29. 379
    C

    Parkview Whitley Hospital

    Columbia City, IN

    3.0x — bills about $3.02 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    15 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  30. 380
  31. 381
  32. 382
    A

    Mercy Hospital Fort Smith

    Fort Smith, AR

    3.0x — bills about $3.04 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    130 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  33. 383
    B

    Palo Pinto General Hospital

    Mineral Wells, TX

    3.0x — bills about $3.04 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    17 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  34. 384
  35. 385
    B

    Kuakini Medical Center

    Honolulu, HI

    3.1x — bills about $3.05 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    31 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  36. 386
  37. 387
  38. 388
    B

    North Texas Medical Center

    Gainesville, TX

    3.1x — bills about $3.06 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    22 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  39. 389
  40. 390
    B

    Bay Area Hospital

    Coos Bay, OR

    3.1x — bills about $3.06 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    87 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  41. 391
    A

    Baxter Health

    Mountain Home, AR

    3.1x — bills about $3.07 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    104 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  42. 392
    A

    Ochsner Rush Hospital

    Meridian, MS

    3.1x — bills about $3.07 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    59 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  43. 393
    B

    Spectrum Health

    Grand Rapids, MI

    3.1x — bills about $3.08 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    227 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  44. 394
  45. 395
    A

    Grady Memorial Hospital

    Chickasha, OK

    3.1x — bills about $3.08 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    23 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  46. 396
    B

    Mercy Health Saint Mary's

    Grand Rapids, MI

    3.1x — bills about $3.08 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    81 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  47. 397
    B

    Mclaren Lapeer Region

    Lapeer, MI

    3.1x — bills about $3.08 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    47 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  48. 398
  49. 399
    A

    Navicent Health Baldwin

    Milledgeville, GA

    3.1x — bills about $3.09 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    19 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Proprietary
  50. 400
    B

    Flagstaff Medical Center

    Flagstaff, AZ

    3.1x — bills about $3.10 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

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