82/100
#298 nationally
Mclaren Oakland
50 N Perry St, Pontiac, MI 48342 · (248) 338-5000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mclaren Oakland billed $2.71 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
- 27
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MI
- #17
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 87% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 82% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 84% 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 |
130 | $43,403 | $20,500 | -33% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
100 | $12,544 | $2,296 | -35% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
73 | $19,364 | $4,508 | -29% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
54 | $5,165 | $1,410 | -49% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
42 | $12,982 | $3,012 | -37% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
36 | $8,768 | $1,676 | -25% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
29 | $31,719 | $16,445 | -48% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
28 | $50,123 | $11,222 | -20% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
28 | $6,926 | $1,701 | -39% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
23 | $105,873 | $44,751 | -41% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$65,830 | $18,542 | -7% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$69,100 | $16,379 | -17% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$50,123 | $11,222 | -20% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,304 | $2,725 | -20% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,783 | $5,873 | -20% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,431 | $8,113 | -20% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,768 | $1,676 | -25% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$61,310 | $22,781 | -26% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$17,467 | $14,389 | -64% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$17,572 | $13,183 | -60% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,843 | $2,874 | -57% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$125,762 | $56,606 | -53% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$22,435 | $14,124 | -52% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,711 | $2,503 | -51% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,165 | $1,410 | -49% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$31,719 | $16,445 | -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.