Community Hospital

901 Macarthur Blvd, Munster, IN 46321 · (219) 836-1600

Charges well above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Community Hospital billed $4.75 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.

See all 191 prices How we grade

Charge-to-payment: 4.7x; volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced: 191; inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in IN: #29; 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.

Inpatient charge markup 16.6/35

Better than 47% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 13.0/25

Better than 52% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 18.3/30

Better than 61% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 3.4/10

Better than 34% 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	1,533	$19,566	$2,538	about average
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit	607	$30,564	$3,048	+21%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit	483	$16,999	$2,973	-11%
Heart Failure (severe) MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay	448	$39,625	$9,314	-9%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit	362	$11,736	$1,774	about average
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit	319	$68,663	$10,310	about average
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit	302	$9,578	$1,513	-5%
Sepsis (severe) MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay	283	$64,304	$14,919	about average
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit	281	$13,940	$2,185	+19%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit	264	$25,452	$4,764	-7%

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
Level 2 Urology and Related Services APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit	$14,033	$642	+347%
Level 3 ENT Procedures APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit	$10,791	$1,434	+69%
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit	$16,360	$1,573	+43%
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Major Complications MS-DRG 388 · Inpatient stay	$71,369	$13,384	+24%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit	$30,564	$3,048	+21%
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit	$159,500	$22,143	+20%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit	$13,940	$2,185	+19%
Heart Attack (severe) MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay	$72,263	$13,220	+18%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure	Charged	Actually paid	vs national
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour with Complications MS-DRG 086 · Inpatient stay	$24,038	$9,854	-58%
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour without Complications/mcc MS-DRG 087 · Inpatient stay	$25,025	$6,713	-55%
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour with Major Complications MS-DRG 085 · Inpatient stay	$48,738	$15,985	-50%
Major Hematological and Immunological Diagnoses Except Sickle Cell Crisis and Coagulatio MS-DRG 808 · Inpatient stay	$53,361	$18,623	-50%
Back Problems (severe) MS-DRG 551 · Inpatient stay	$34,904	$12,343	-50%
Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Major MS-DRG 981 · Inpatient stay	$94,439	$32,671	-49%
Other Circulatory System Operating Room Procedures MS-DRG 264 · Inpatient stay	$71,775	$24,777	-47%
Other Respiratory System Diagnoses with Major Complications MS-DRG 205 · Inpatient stay	$42,523	$13,242	-44%

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.

Lower markups near Munster

A
Parkview Noble Hospital
2.1x · Kendallville, IN
B
Monroe Hospital
2.8x · Bloomington, IN
B
Marion General Hospital
2.9x · Marion, IN
C
Parkview Whitley Hospital
3.0x · Columbia City, IN
A
Daviess Community Hospital
3.2x · Washington, IN
B
Parkview Huntington Hospital
3.3x · Huntington, IN

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The record

CMS provider number: 150125
Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Ownership: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency department: Yes
Setting: Metropolitan area core: primary flow within an urbanized area of 50,000 and greater

Source: CMS Medicare Inpatient and Outpatient utilisation files and Hospital General Information. See the files.