29/100
#1,894 nationally
Blessing Hospital
1005 Broadway St, Quincy, IL 62301 · (217) 223-1200
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Blessing Hospital billed $6.47 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
- 6.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 136
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IL
- #88
- 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 22% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 29% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 31% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 43% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
413 | $19,423 | $2,673 | about average |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
401 | $88,333 | $16,505 | +35% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
328 | $2,181 | $619 | -30% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
289 | $91,836 | $13,006 | +47% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
243 | $34,241 | $5,088 | +25% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
238 | $42,545 | $10,475 | about average |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
225 | $37,919 | $3,220 | +50% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
216 | $12,759 | $1,395 | +27% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
213 | $13,288 | $1,991 | about average |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
155 | $22,405 | $3,433 | +9% |
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 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$120,814 | $10,559 | +135% |
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Major Complications
MS-DRG 659 · Inpatient stay |
$191,619 | $24,999 | +95% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$154,952 | $18,403 | +87% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$341,304 | $38,491 | +80% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$267,595 | $32,463 | +80% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$199,808 | $30,642 | +77% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,025 | $3,667 | +72% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$67,924 | $7,081 | +70% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 ENT Procedures
APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,603 | $766 | -44% |
|
Interstitial Lung Disease with Major Complications
MS-DRG 196 · Inpatient stay |
$45,215 | $14,960 | -44% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$31,802 | $10,746 | -34% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,181 | $619 | -30% |
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 253 · Inpatient stay |
$81,289 | $20,488 | -28% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$60,598 | $17,091 | -23% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$30,065 | $7,246 | -19% |
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 661 · Inpatient stay |
$42,126 | $8,294 | -10% |
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.