76/100
#460 nationally
Lakeland Hospital, St Joseph
1234 Napier Avenue, St Joseph, MI 49085 · (269) 983-8300
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Lakeland Hospital, St Joseph billed $3.43 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
- 3.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 85
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MI
- #32
- 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 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 67% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 80% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 90% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
821 | $12,209 | $2,354 | -37% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
287 | $42,376 | $15,637 | -35% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
166 | $26,675 | $11,023 | -39% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
144 | $6,766 | $1,348 | -33% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
110 | $16,078 | $2,844 | -36% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
110 | $7,319 | $1,775 | -43% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
102 | $50,561 | $11,167 | -19% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
96 | $28,042 | $4,861 | -20% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
91 | $11,017 | $2,984 | -47% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
81 | $29,747 | $6,112 | -25% |
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 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,367 | $7,403 | +4% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$94,251 | $15,250 | about average |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,617 | $4,980 | about average |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$62,881 | $9,125 | -7% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$47,727 | $9,299 | -7% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$73,298 | $14,710 | -12% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,822 | $2,031 | -16% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,526 | $5,682 | -18% |
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 |
$1,375 | $578 | -56% |
|
Seizures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay |
$18,424 | $7,749 | -55% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay |
$54,505 | $23,674 | -54% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$25,334 | $12,020 | -52% |
|
Stroke (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 066 · Inpatient stay |
$17,781 | $5,832 | -50% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,261 | $3,022 | -50% |
|
Respiratory Infection (with complications)
MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay |
$18,960 | $8,391 | -49% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$18,965 | $7,787 | -48% |
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.