47/100
#1,354 nationally
Memorial Medical Center
701 N First St, Springfield, IL 62702 · (217) 788-3000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Memorial Medical Center billed $4.96 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
- 5.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 191
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IL
- #56
- 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.
Better than 37% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 51% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 47% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
358 | $72,916 | $16,976 | +12% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
357 | $11,981 | $1,454 | +19% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
342 | $19,489 | $2,991 | -23% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
296 | $15,964 | $2,758 | -16% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
250 | $67,540 | $12,122 | +8% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
190 | $41,261 | $12,469 | -5% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
181 | $59,233 | $10,158 | -12% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
170 | $12,196 | $1,759 | +4% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
166 | $30,109 | $5,282 | -14% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
161 | $29,696 | $5,230 | -14% |
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 |
$6,541 | $631 | +109% |
|
Back and Neck Procedures Except Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 519 · Inpatient stay |
$121,271 | $16,651 | +42% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,406 | $4,512 | +38% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$178,571 | $21,893 | +35% |
|
Cardiac Valve and Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures without Cardiac Catheterization
MS-DRG 220 · Inpatient stay |
$312,568 | $73,590 | +34% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,011 | $1,738 | +32% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$109,343 | $17,054 | +32% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours
MS-DRG 207 · Inpatient stay |
$334,318 | $72,321 | +31% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 087 · Inpatient stay |
$33,965 | $7,493 | -39% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,754 | $3,197 | -37% |
|
ECMO or Tracheostomy with Mechanical Ventilation >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except
MS-DRG 003 · Inpatient stay |
$585,840 | $128,568 | -33% |
|
Malignancy of Hepatobiliary System or Pancreas with Major Complications
MS-DRG 435 · Inpatient stay |
$54,922 | $13,846 | -33% |
|
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Complications
MS-DRG 847 · Inpatient stay |
$37,367 | $10,117 | -30% |
|
Implantation of Drug Infusion Device
APC 5471 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$52,246 | $16,447 | -29% |
|
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Central Nervous System Principal
MS-DRG 024 · Inpatient stay |
$109,593 | $29,368 | -29% |
|
Nervous System Neoplasms with Major Complications
MS-DRG 054 · Inpatient stay |
$47,357 | $12,383 | -28% |
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.