48/100
#1,321 nationally
Lake Huron Medical Center
2601 Electric Avenue, Port Huron, MI 48060 · (810) 985-1500
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Lake Huron Medical Center billed $3.86 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
- 3.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 19
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MI
- #67
- 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 66% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 23% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 57% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 23% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
196 | $44,494 | $13,244 | -32% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
39 | $28,129 | $8,876 | -35% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
29 | $22,855 | $9,354 | -53% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
28 | $33,406 | $8,604 | -31% |
|
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 073 · Inpatient stay |
26 | $34,015 | $10,470 | -48% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
25 | $28,622 | $10,125 | -46% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
25 | $21,332 | $2,807 | +12% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
21 | $120,010 | $11,577 | +92% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
20 | $23,961 | $7,224 | -39% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
20 | $9,007 | $1,428 | -11% |
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 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$120,010 | $11,577 | +92% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,782 | $1,794 | +61% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$46,288 | $4,796 | +32% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,476 | $4,557 | +22% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,332 | $2,807 | +12% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,605 | $3,070 | +10% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,824 | $2,851 | -8% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,007 | $1,428 | -11% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$22,855 | $9,354 | -53% |
|
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 073 · Inpatient stay |
$34,015 | $10,470 | -48% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$28,622 | $10,125 | -46% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$99,863 | $32,332 | -44% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$19,010 | $5,577 | -41% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$34,286 | $10,245 | -39% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$23,961 | $7,224 | -39% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$28,129 | $8,876 | -35% |
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.