82/100
#287 nationally
Centracare - St. Cloud Hospital
1406 6Th Ave North, Saint Cloud, MN 56303 · (320) 255-5661
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Centracare - St. Cloud Hospital billed $2.81 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
- 2.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 192
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MN
- #20
- 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 80% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 87% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 84% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 72% 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 |
618 | $9,529 | $2,742 | -51% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
373 | $43,014 | $19,221 | -34% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
350 | $13,923 | $3,275 | -45% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
261 | $6,907 | $1,612 | -31% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
219 | $11,556 | $3,227 | -40% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
213 | $6,653 | $1,913 | -43% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
202 | $28,990 | $12,738 | -33% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
193 | $50,743 | $11,058 | -25% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
189 | $43,883 | $13,289 | -30% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
154 | $77,316 | $30,685 | -38% |
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 |
$71,434 | $16,560 | +98% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,708 | $2,368 | +8% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$198,872 | $47,752 | +5% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
$32,905 | $12,047 | about average |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,364 | $1,962 | about average |
|
Carotid Artery Stent Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 036 · Inpatient stay |
$68,588 | $17,495 | about average |
|
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 271 · Inpatient stay |
$140,315 | $40,267 | -7% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay |
$220,540 | $64,139 | -8% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,734 | $7,912 | -75% |
|
Other Respiratory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 205 · Inpatient stay |
$22,036 | $17,679 | -71% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour with Major Complications
MS-DRG 082 · Inpatient stay |
$31,526 | $22,472 | -67% |
|
Respiratory Neoplasms with Major Complications
MS-DRG 180 · Inpatient stay |
$24,443 | $16,663 | -67% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay |
$74,290 | $57,119 | -67% |
|
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Expired with Major Complications
MS-DRG 283 · Inpatient stay |
$29,324 | $18,848 | -66% |
|
Interstitial Lung Disease with Major Complications
MS-DRG 196 · Inpatient stay |
$27,850 | $18,135 | -65% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,175 | $694 | -63% |
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.