72/100
#579 nationally
Mclaren Bay Region
1900 Columbus Ave, Bay City, MI 48708 · (989) 894-9510
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mclaren Bay Region billed $3.89 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
- 94
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MI
- #38
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 1/5
- 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 54% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 83% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 84% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 69% 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 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
331 | $9,043 | $2,877 | -64% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
156 | $14,018 | $4,581 | -49% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
153 | $48,532 | $12,950 | -26% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
152 | $39,053 | $9,583 | -42% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
114 | $27,612 | $8,515 | -36% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
114 | $53,068 | $11,626 | -15% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
111 | $4,168 | $1,445 | -59% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
100 | $9,306 | $2,381 | -52% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
80 | $44,719 | $9,270 | -13% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
74 | $39,366 | $10,544 | -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 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$63,180 | $7,572 | +67% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$162,170 | $28,085 | +9% |
|
Cochlear Implant Procedure
APC 5166 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$124,211 | $29,799 | about average |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$179,943 | $32,332 | -5% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 244 · Inpatient stay |
$68,049 | $15,212 | -11% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,719 | $9,270 | -13% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$53,068 | $11,626 | -15% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$66,682 | $12,711 | -17% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,500 | $1,649 | -70% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,043 | $2,877 | -64% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,114 | $1,415 | -64% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,402 | $2,053 | -63% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,415 | $1,721 | -61% |
|
Fracture, Sprain, Strain and Dislocation Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without
MS-DRG 563 · Inpatient stay |
$14,693 | $5,938 | -60% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,561 | $1,513 | -60% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,226 | $2,532 | -59% |
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.