Mount St. Mary's Hospital & Health Center
5300 Military Road, Lewiston, NY 14092 · 121 Priced Procedures · 71% Patient Recommendation
Typical commercial prices here are 10% below the fair benchmark (0.90×) after accounting for local nurse/doctor wages and patient complexity.
4-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 0.90× fair market pricing.
Uniform Value Leader · Low-Cost Across Departments
Mount St. Mary's Hospital & Health Center maintains low, disciplined commercial pricing across both routine shoppable procedures (0.8× Medicare, p50 0.87× Fair BaseRate) and emergency/ancillary services (1.3× Medicare, p75 1.01× Fair BaseRate). Both insured and self-pay patients benefit from below-benchmark rates across departments.
Where They're Good (Patient & Payer Edge)
- Elective shoppable care is priced 10% below peer Fair BaseRate (0.90×)
- Self-pay cash beats commercial insurance on 18% of shoppable procedures (25/100 Cash Honesty)
- 2-Star CMS clinical rating with 71% patient recommendation (75/100 safety score)
- IRS 501(c)(3) charity care provides free care up to 200% FPL and discounted care up to 400% FPL (29.8% AGB cap)
Where You Can Get Burned (Markup Traps)
- Outpatient surgery & OR suites carry a 2.7× markup over Medicare rates
- Captive ER (2.5×) & laboratory (1.1×) services average 1.63× higher multiples than routine shoppable care (0.8×)
- Upper-quartile procedures (Q75 1.01×) jump +16% above the median procedure ratio (Q50 0.87×)
- Consolidated metro market (HHI 2,537) limits in-network hospital competition (Highly Concentrated Monopoly (>2,500))
Pre-scheduled outpatient procedures where patients can comparison-shop.
Emergency, inpatient DRG, lab, and specialty drug lines billed after admission.
Detects median-gaming when upper-quartile codes spike above the p50 median.
Procedure Prices at Mount St. Mary's Hospital & Health Center
High-impact clinical procedures (MRIs, surgeries, inpatient stays, visits) are prioritized first. Use the category pills or search bar to filter all 121 published procedures.
Audit a Bill or Quote at Mount St. Mary's Hospital & Health Center (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $20,755
At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (29.8% of gross = $20,755).
Compare Prompt-Pay Cash Rate Against Remaining Deductible
Ask Mount St. Mary's Hospital & Health Center's billing desk for their written 45 CFR § 180 discounted self-pay cash price and Good Faith Estimate under the No Surprises Act.
Negotiate Toward $30,775 Fair BaseRate ($23,504 Medicare)
Your bill ($69,670) is $38,895 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($30,775) and 3.0× the $23,504 Medicare rate.
Financial Assistance Policy (FAP) & Amounts Generally Billed (AGB)
Hospital-Specific CMS HCRIS Benchmark (29.8% of gross charges)
Under 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5), a tax-exempt hospital organization may not bill FAP-eligible patients more than Amounts Generally Billed (AGB) to individuals with insurance covering emergency or medically necessary care. Derived from this facility’s reported CMS HCRIS cost-to-charge & insurer allowance filings. Verify your exact Financial Assistance Policy (FAP) determination directly with the billing office.
Clinical Quality, Patient Experience & Infection Benchmarks
Healthcare-Associated Infections (CDC NHSN / CMS HAI)
1.00 SIR = National Predicted Baseline (Lower Is Safer)Source: CMS Hospital Care Compare (383 completed HCAHPS patient surveys). Clinical quality metrics summarize historical facility-wide cohorts and are not medical advice for individual care decisions.
How to Pay Less Nearby: Freestanding Centers, Insurer Leverage & Outpatient Savings
2D regional comparison of commercial negotiated price index against CMS clinical quality composite for Mount St. Mary's Hospital & Health Center.
Verify the Raw Data: Official Hospital MRF, CMS Medicare.gov & Federal Filings
Safe-Harbor Data Corrections: Parsed directly from public 45 CFR § 180 hospital filings, CMS Care Compare, and CMS HCRIS cost reports. Hospital compliance officers may submit updated MRF URLs or rate tables for verification.