CostGrade
C

54/100

#1,131 nationally

Decatur Memorial Hospital

2300 North Edward Street, Decatur, IL 62526 · (217) 876-8121

Charges well above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Decatur Memorial Hospital billed $4.77 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
4.8x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
101
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in IL
#32
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 17.0/35

Better than 49% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 12.4/25

Better than 50% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 17.7/30

Better than 59% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 6.6/10

Better than 66% 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
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

414 $10,746 $1,493 +7%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

245 $16,023 $2,522 -18%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

236 $74,214 $12,057 +19%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

234 $8,620 $1,882 -33%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

192 $59,569 $15,080 -9%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

188 $33,789 $10,500 -22%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

158 $14,886 $1,776 +31%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

138 $15,643 $3,222 -24%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

109 $9,709 $1,465 -14%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

108 $19,403 $2,991 -5%

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
Major Joint or Limb Reattachment Procedures of Upper Extremities

MS-DRG 483 · Inpatient stay

$164,293 $22,730 +60%
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit

$119,918 $17,185 +44%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

$14,886 $1,776 +31%
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures

APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit

$167,799 $21,893 +27%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

$74,214 $12,057 +19%
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)

MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay

$94,217 $15,539 +18%
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay

$127,695 $26,739 +18%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

$3,662 $631 +17%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)

MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay

$32,399 $13,117 -54%
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures

APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit

$9,206 $2,824 -49%
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Complications

MS-DRG 660 · Inpatient stay

$31,544 $10,622 -43%
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications

MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay

$37,387 $12,417 -42%
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit

$13,362 $3,399 -41%
Fracture, Sprain, Strain and Dislocation Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without

MS-DRG 563 · Inpatient stay

$22,260 $7,184 -39%
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major

MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay

$53,397 $17,118 -39%
Hypertension with Major Complications

MS-DRG 304 · Inpatient stay

$30,339 $8,903 -39%

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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