88/100
#118 nationally
Centracare- Rice Memorial Hospital
301 Becker Ave Sw, Willmar, MN 56201 · (320) 235-4543
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Centracare- Rice Memorial Hospital billed $2.57 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
- 2.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 33
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MN
- #7
- 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 93% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 88% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 86% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 74% 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 |
98 | $9,078 | $2,701 | -53% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
67 | $25,611 | $17,859 | -61% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
59 | $6,455 | $1,595 | -36% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
49 | $39,034 | $13,100 | -38% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
43 | $24,667 | $5,752 | -30% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
41 | $32,689 | $10,253 | -45% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
40 | $14,607 | $3,114 | -24% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
35 | $8,590 | $2,833 | -51% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
34 | $36,935 | $16,019 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
33 | $18,920 | $11,655 | -56% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$36,935 | $16,019 | about average |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,181 | $1,897 | -5% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$84,483 | $16,227 | -12% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$54,590 | $10,956 | -19% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,705 | $1,597 | -22% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,607 | $3,114 | -24% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,887 | $3,476 | -28% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,667 | $5,752 | -30% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$18,776 | $14,996 | -67% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$21,512 | $15,222 | -61% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$25,611 | $17,859 | -61% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$19,676 | $11,906 | -59% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$19,059 | $9,261 | -58% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$13,213 | $7,252 | -58% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$19,737 | $12,052 | -58% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$18,920 | $11,655 | -56% |
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.