93/100
#32 nationally
Essentia Health St Marys - Detroit Lakes
1027 Washington Ave, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501 · (218) 847-0888
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Essentia Health St Marys - Detroit Lakes billed $2.10 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
- 2.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 22
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MN
- #2
- 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 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 92% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 91% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 92% 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 |
146 | $12,753 | $2,710 | -34% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
62 | $7,271 | $2,323 | -38% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
58 | $25,954 | $21,729 | -60% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
56 | $33,700 | $13,100 | -46% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
49 | $21,345 | $14,220 | -51% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
38 | $11,323 | $3,227 | -44% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
37 | $25,612 | $13,605 | -47% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
36 | $2,905 | $1,571 | -71% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
25 | $8,662 | $1,925 | -24% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
24 | $21,153 | $6,747 | -47% |
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 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,662 | $1,925 | -24% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,024 | $5,752 | -32% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,753 | $2,710 | -34% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$19,290 | $8,877 | -35% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,271 | $2,323 | -38% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$19,079 | $8,860 | -39% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,429 | $1,602 | -43% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$46,911 | $22,926 | -44% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,905 | $1,571 | -71% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,076 | $681 | -66% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,440 | $3,117 | -65% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$25,954 | $21,729 | -60% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$22,942 | $18,437 | -58% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$13,942 | $9,877 | -58% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$17,549 | $11,368 | -55% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$14,436 | $8,660 | -55% |
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.