85/100
#180 nationally
Alomere Health
111 17Th Avenue East, Alexandria, MN 56308 · (320) 762-1511
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Alomere Health billed $2.99 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 3.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 31
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MN
- #11
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 83% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 92% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 82% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 88% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
252 | $996 | $681 | -68% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
183 | $38,359 | $12,975 | -39% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
137 | $17,701 | $2,720 | -9% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
125 | $7,527 | $1,925 | -34% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
95 | $4,953 | $1,608 | -51% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
79 | $6,642 | $2,031 | -49% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
73 | $23,457 | $6,908 | -41% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
56 | $15,656 | $3,426 | -24% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
54 | $43,789 | $16,695 | -45% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
52 | $12,636 | $3,066 | -38% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,666 | $6,818 | about average |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,701 | $2,720 | -9% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,126 | $3,117 | -11% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,656 | $3,426 | -24% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$42,711 | $10,253 | -28% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,459 | $3,449 | -29% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$34,007 | $10,695 | -30% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$75,032 | $30,864 | -33% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$996 | $681 | -68% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay |
$83,284 | $52,763 | -63% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,953 | $1,608 | -51% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,642 | $2,031 | -49% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,993 | $1,555 | -47% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$35,615 | $17,166 | -45% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$43,789 | $16,695 | -45% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,433 | $5,628 | -42% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.