CostGrade
A

86/100

#168 nationally

Mclaren Northern Michigan

416 Connable Ave, Petoskey, MI 49770 · (231) 487-4000

Charges close to what care is actually paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mclaren Northern Michigan billed $2.70 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
2.7x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
74
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in MI
#15
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.

Inpatient charge markup 29.3/35

Better than 84% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 23.1/25

Better than 92% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 26.8/30

Better than 89% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 6.4/10

Better than 64% 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

168 $6,696 $3,051 -73%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

153 $37,946 $16,439 -42%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

125 $4,685 $1,514 -54%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

121 $6,422 $2,159 -45%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

116 $10,647 $2,530 -45%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

95 $32,221 $12,229 -48%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

89 $24,794 $10,700 -43%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

77 $4,483 $1,754 -62%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

69 $12,732 $4,804 -54%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

59 $19,026 $6,630 -52%

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 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

$5,466 $642 +74%
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures

APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit

$161,100 $29,473 +8%
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit

$40,209 $7,978 +6%
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit

$45,729 $10,019 -11%
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit

$74,902 $18,255 -22%
Back Problems (without major complications)

MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay

$28,305 $7,974 -28%
Skin Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay

$21,247 $7,336 -30%
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay

$20,159 $6,662 -32%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

$6,696 $3,051 -73%
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 087 · Inpatient stay

$16,775 $7,354 -70%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

$3,706 $1,482 -67%
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)

MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay

$62,551 $41,133 -65%
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures

APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit

$49,708 $22,243 -63%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

$4,483 $1,754 -62%
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit

$8,659 $3,516 -62%
Stroke (severe)

MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay

$29,563 $16,626 -61%

What this page cannot tell you

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  • 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.
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