Lake Region Healthcare Corporation

712 South Cascade Street, Fergus Falls, MN 56537

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Lake Region Healthcare Corporation billed $3.64 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.

See all 27 prices How we grade

Charge-to-payment: 3.6x; volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced: 27; inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in MN: #25; lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars: Not rated; 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 26.6/35

Better than 76% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 20.6/25

Better than 82% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 21.4/30

Better than 71% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 7.2/10

Better than 72% 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	130	$11,714	$2,323	about average
Comprehensive Observation Services APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit	120	$17,036	$2,729	-12%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit	85	$1,118	$681	-64%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit	82	$5,968	$1,597	-41%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit	69	$39,600	$12,934	-37%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit	39	$25,765	$7,132	-35%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit	39	$10,756	$1,582	-4%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit	31	$11,402	$1,875	about average
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit	30	$10,994	$3,012	-46%
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit	29	$12,366	$2,833	-30%

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 3 Urology and Related Services APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit	$13,508	$2,031	+5%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit	$11,402	$1,875	about average
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit	$11,714	$2,323	about average
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit	$10,756	$1,582	-4%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit	$19,476	$3,476	-6%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit	$17,927	$3,178	-6%
Sepsis (without major complications) MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay	$36,215	$9,041	-8%
Comprehensive Observation Services APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit	$17,036	$2,729	-12%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure	Charged	Actually paid	vs national
Level 2 Urology and Related Services APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit	$1,118	$681	-64%
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit	$7,215	$2,330	-50%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit	$10,994	$3,012	-46%
Sepsis (severe) MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay	$35,536	$16,492	-46%
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications) MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay	$45,436	$16,079	-43%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit	$13,637	$3,449	-41%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit	$5,968	$1,597	-41%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit	$39,600	$12,934	-37%

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.

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The record

CMS provider number: 240052
Setting: Micropolitan area core: primary flow within an urban cluster of 10,000 to 49,999

Source: CMS Medicare Inpatient and Outpatient utilisation files and Hospital General Information. See the files.