209,397 hospital prices, from the federal record
American hospitals charge wildly different amounts for exactly the same work — and almost nobody can see it. CostGrade puts every hospital's charges next to what that care is actually paid for, and grades the gap A to F.
These are procedures billed under one identical federal code. The only thing that changes is which hospital you walked into.
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence with Rehabilitation Therapy
10.4x
difference between the cheapest and dearest hospitals
Typical charge $35,049 · actually paid $15,212
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
9.3x
difference between the cheapest and dearest hospitals
Typical charge $3,136 · actually paid $633
Other Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue Diagnoses with Major Complications
6.6x
difference between the cheapest and dearest hospitals
Typical charge $64,277 · actually paid $17,192
Level 3 ENT Procedures
5.6x
difference between the cheapest and dearest hospitals
Typical charge $6,397 · actually paid $1,362
Other Respiratory System Diagnoses without Major Complications
5.4x
difference between the cheapest and dearest hospitals
Typical charge $46,197 · actually paid $10,827
Tendonitis, Myositis and Bursitis without Major Complications
5.3x
difference between the cheapest and dearest hospitals
Typical charge $34,281 · actually paid $9,040
Every component of the CostGrade is scored against the whole country, so a grade is a position among U.S. hospitals rather than a threshold we invented. An A means a hospital's list charges sit close to what its care is actually paid for; an F means the gap is among the widest in America.
2,891 hospitals are deliberately left ungraded — they publish too little pricing to judge, and a flattering default would be a guess.
Read the full methodologyThe smallest gap between list charges and what care is actually paid for, nationally.
Houston, TX
0.5x — bills about $0.50 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
Tuba City, AZ
0.6x — bills about $0.64 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
La Plata, MD
0.9x — bills about $0.91 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
Upper Marlboro, MD
1.0x — bills about $1.04 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
Clinton, MD
1.0x — bills about $1.05 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
Leonardtown, MD
1.1x — bills about $1.05 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
A short email when CMS publishes a new release — which homes lost a grade, which were newly flagged, and what changed near you. No advertising for facilities, ever.