CostGrade
B

64/100

#811 nationally

Chi Health St. Francis

2620 West Faidley Ave, Grand Island, NE 68803 · (308) 384-4600

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Chi Health St. Francis billed $4.00 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
4.0x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
36
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in NE
#10
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.

Inpatient charge markup 18.1/35

Better than 52% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 20.2/25

Better than 81% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 19.3/30

Better than 64% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 6.8/10

Better than 68% 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
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

223 $53,362 $14,746 -18%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

98 $8,226 $1,478 -18%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

93 $18,250 $2,493 -6%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

71 $23,277 $2,994 -8%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

54 $44,907 $10,162 +3%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

53 $25,688 $6,629 -36%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

46 $38,460 $8,236 about average
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

34 $43,780 $12,178 -30%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

30 $50,009 $12,145 -9%
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit

30 $26,510 $9,887 -49%

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
Stroke (with complications)

MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay

$56,785 $8,170 +25%
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay

$34,934 $6,485 +17%
Kidney Failure (with complications)

MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay

$35,386 $7,187 +7%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

$21,790 $3,230 +6%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$44,907 $10,162 +3%
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay

$32,145 $6,811 about average
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

$38,460 $8,236 about average
Kidney Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay

$51,226 $11,218 -3%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit

$28,893 $10,185 -57%
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit

$26,510 $9,887 -49%
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit

$18,794 $5,296 -46%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$7,183 $1,887 -44%
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures

APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit

$65,960 $28,688 -41%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

$25,688 $6,629 -36%
Level 2 Vascular Procedures

APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit

$5,653 $1,484 -34%
Stroke (severe)

MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay

$50,320 $13,885 -34%

What this page cannot tell you

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  • 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.
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