CostGrade
B

73/100

#540 nationally

Henry Ford Health Hospital

2799 W Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI 48202 · (313) 916-2600

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Henry Ford Health Hospital billed $2.95 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
3.0x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
190
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in MI
#36
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 27.3/35

Better than 78% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 19.5/25

Better than 78% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 20.4/30

Better than 68% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 6.1/10

Better than 61% 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 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

1,070 $8,783 $1,691 -25%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

602 $15,215 $2,406 -22%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

557 $1,538 $564 -51%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

398 $5,629 $1,416 -44%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

389 $7,079 $1,627 -40%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

345 $4,888 $1,749 -62%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

237 $6,852 $1,385 -40%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

211 $68,675 $26,716 +5%
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit

207 $8,045 $2,238 -55%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

206 $36,060 $17,572 -17%

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
Lymphoma and Non-acute Leukemia with Major Complications

MS-DRG 840 · Inpatient stay

$239,674 $70,813 +68%
Seizures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay

$118,015 $30,584 +46%
Heart Attack (severe)

MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay

$73,469 $23,548 +20%
Seizures without Major Complications

MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay

$47,304 $15,239 +16%
Stroke (severe)

MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay

$87,486 $29,730 +15%
Hypertension with Major Complications

MS-DRG 304 · Inpatient stay

$56,466 $14,355 +13%
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications

MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay

$248,412 $79,868 +12%
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications

MS-DRG 074 · Inpatient stay

$52,752 $16,933 +11%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 3 ENT Procedures

APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit

$1,554 $1,317 -76%
Level 7 Radiation Therapy

APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit

$16,731 $6,810 -72%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

$3,502 $1,257 -69%
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit

$3,581 $1,491 -69%
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,398 $5,058 -67%
Chemotherapy with Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis or with High Dose Chemotherapy a

MS-DRG 837 · Inpatient stay

$61,669 $59,128 -67%
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Major Complications

MS-DRG 846 · Inpatient stay

$38,451 $26,868 -64%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$4,888 $1,749 -62%

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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