85/100
#189 nationally
Howard Young Medical Center
240 Maple St, Woodruff, WI 54568 · (715) 356-8000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Howard Young Medical Center billed $2.49 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
- 2.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 10
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in WI
- #3
- 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 88% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 80% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 82% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% 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 |
83 | $8,233 | $2,233 | -30% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
49 | $32,647 | $17,443 | -50% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
38 | $13,674 | $2,623 | -30% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
30 | $26,324 | $11,087 | -44% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
26 | $26,100 | $11,897 | -40% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
19 | $8,585 | $1,747 | -27% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
16 | $22,179 | $10,712 | -54% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
16 | $11,079 | $3,102 | -46% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
13 | $7,941 | $1,554 | -21% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
12 | $7,176 | $1,438 | -36% |
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 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,941 | $1,554 | -21% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,585 | $1,747 | -27% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,674 | $2,623 | -30% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,233 | $2,233 | -30% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,176 | $1,438 | -36% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$26,100 | $11,897 | -40% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$26,324 | $11,087 | -44% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,079 | $3,102 | -46% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$22,179 | $10,712 | -54% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$32,647 | $17,443 | -50% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,079 | $3,102 | -46% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$26,324 | $11,087 | -44% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$26,100 | $11,897 | -40% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,176 | $1,438 | -36% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,233 | $2,233 | -30% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,674 | $2,623 | -30% |
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.