CostGrade
C

42/100

#1,515 nationally

Carle Foundation Hospital

611 West Park Street, Urbana, IL 61801 · (217) 383-3311

Charges well above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Carle Foundation Hospital billed $5.13 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
5.1x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
169
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in IL
#63
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
2/5
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.

Inpatient charge markup 10.6/35

Better than 30% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 14.4/25

Better than 58% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 12.2/30

Better than 41% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 5.3/10

Better than 53% 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
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

315 $48,796 $11,538 +12%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

303 $22,531 $2,449 +16%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

295 $2,193 $621 -30%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

291 $10,147 $1,688 -14%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

284 $11,312 $1,381 +12%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

282 $97,235 $16,492 +49%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

279 $50,085 $11,979 -20%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

192 $21,703 $2,971 -14%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

183 $14,534 $2,867 -24%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

172 $7,531 $1,831 -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
Respiratory Neoplasms with Major Complications

MS-DRG 180 · Inpatient stay

$135,843 $17,404 +83%
Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with Major

MS-DRG 542 · Inpatient stay

$110,295 $18,239 +61%
Diabetes with Major Complications

MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay

$88,003 $14,633 +56%
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Major Complications

MS-DRG 371 · Inpatient stay

$103,412 $14,415 +51%
Other Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue Operating Room Procedures with

MS-DRG 516 · Inpatient stay

$132,591 $25,011 +50%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

$97,235 $16,492 +49%
Digestive Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay

$73,674 $11,839 +44%
Other Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue Diagnoses with Complications

MS-DRG 565 · Inpatient stay

$60,483 $7,176 +43%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 4 ENT Procedures

APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit

$4,511 $658 -76%
Level 2 Vascular Procedures

APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit

$4,631 $1,417 -46%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$7,531 $1,831 -42%
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit

$13,000 $3,491 -41%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

$12,924 $3,222 -37%
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 673 · Inpatient stay

$97,099 $28,817 -37%
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Complications

MS-DRG 660 · Inpatient stay

$36,041 $11,514 -35%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

$18,445 $4,711 -33%

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.
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