82/100
#286 nationally
Cambridge Medical Center
701 South Dellwood Avenue, Cambridge, MN 55008 · (763) 689-7700
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Cambridge Medical Center billed $2.96 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
- 17
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MN
- #19
- 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 88% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 72% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 81% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 89% 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 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
129 | $9,258 | $2,228 | -21% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
117 | $15,845 | $2,564 | -18% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
57 | $26,827 | $15,713 | -59% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
50 | $22,840 | $10,924 | -47% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
31 | $20,844 | $8,862 | -47% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
31 | $47,342 | $11,857 | -24% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
21 | $7,987 | $1,846 | -30% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
19 | $5,601 | $1,387 | -44% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
17 | $24,515 | $11,882 | -47% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
14 | $53,429 | $16,557 | -33% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,845 | $2,564 | -18% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,258 | $2,228 | -21% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,987 | $2,953 | -23% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,861 | $2,699 | -23% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,864 | $4,369 | -24% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$47,342 | $11,857 | -24% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,987 | $1,846 | -30% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,783 | $1,536 | -31% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$26,827 | $15,713 | -59% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$21,269 | $11,184 | -56% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$26,867 | $13,750 | -51% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$24,515 | $11,882 | -47% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$22,840 | $10,924 | -47% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$20,844 | $8,862 | -47% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,601 | $1,387 | -44% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,816 | $5,515 | -41% |
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.