74/100
#507 nationally
Carle Bromenn Medical Center
1304 Franklin Avenue, Normal, IL 61761 · (309) 454-1400
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Carle Bromenn Medical Center billed $3.66 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
- 3.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 79
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IL
- #3
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- 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 61% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 84% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 76% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 84% 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 |
257 | $17,913 | $2,488 | -8% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
213 | $38,839 | $11,858 | -38% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
166 | $29,203 | $9,642 | -33% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
124 | $49,866 | $14,700 | -24% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
108 | $6,655 | $1,498 | -34% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
90 | $17,148 | $2,992 | -32% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
80 | $10,571 | $3,222 | -49% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
78 | $24,653 | $6,459 | -38% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
63 | $17,239 | $4,782 | -37% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
60 | $20,364 | $5,332 | -42% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$35,826 | $9,118 | +17% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$35,414 | $10,712 | about average |
|
Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications
MS-DRG 176 · Inpatient stay |
$33,364 | $6,424 | -5% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$27,818 | $6,122 | -7% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,913 | $2,488 | -8% |
|
Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Complications
MS-DRG 439 · Inpatient stay |
$31,735 | $6,756 | -12% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$43,173 | $11,826 | -14% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$38,934 | $7,619 | -15% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,719 | $2,889 | -57% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$76,061 | $38,365 | -57% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,825 | $1,485 | -57% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,059 | $1,882 | -53% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,925 | $3,461 | -52% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,613 | $3,523 | -51% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,352 | $2,946 | -51% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,571 | $3,222 | -49% |
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.