71/100
#612 nationally
Karmanos Cancer Center
4100 John R, Detroit, MI 48201 · (800) 576-6266
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Karmanos Cancer Center billed $3.50 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
- 3.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 26
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MI
- #40
- 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.
Better than 72% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 74% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 76% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 48% 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 |
219 | $6,019 | $1,415 | -40% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
154 | $3,270 | $599 | +4% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
109 | $10,631 | $2,466 | -40% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
106 | $14,514 | $2,807 | -24% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
53 | $11,255 | $1,370 | +31% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
51 | $12,638 | $2,411 | -35% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
32 | $7,275 | $1,794 | -44% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
32 | $12,979 | $3,070 | -37% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
31 | $67,051 | $18,753 | about average |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
27 | $16,943 | $5,158 | -51% |
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 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,255 | $1,370 | +31% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,302 | $3,357 | +19% |
|
Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant
MS-DRG 014 · Inpatient stay |
$526,137 | $158,172 | +6% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,270 | $599 | +4% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$67,051 | $18,753 | about average |
|
Level 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$50,236 | $6,858 | -15% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,234 | $5,743 | -21% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,514 | $2,807 | -24% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,108 | $2,826 | -65% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,333 | $3,298 | -59% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,896 | $9,062 | -58% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,700 | $4,557 | -57% |
|
Chemotherapy with Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis or with High Dose Chemotherapy a
MS-DRG 837 · Inpatient stay |
$87,865 | $40,442 | -53% |
|
Major Chest Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 164 · Inpatient stay |
$53,013 | $21,281 | -51% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,943 | $5,158 | -51% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,683 | $4,961 | -50% |
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.