76/100
#465 nationally
Mercy Health Saint Mary's
200 Jefferson Avenue Se, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 · (616) 685-5000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mercy Health Saint Mary's billed $3.08 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
- 3.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 81
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MI
- #33
- 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 81% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 74% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 66% 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 |
278 | $39,445 | $18,292 | -40% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
124 | $5,586 | $1,365 | -45% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
100 | $15,409 | $2,823 | -39% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
99 | $10,596 | $1,751 | -18% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
98 | $16,120 | $2,725 | -16% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
92 | $7,332 | $2,281 | -62% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
81 | $18,767 | $2,984 | -9% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
74 | $25,406 | $4,471 | -7% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
72 | $33,257 | $12,484 | -23% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
65 | $31,721 | $4,734 | -10% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)
MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay |
$59,843 | $13,768 | +59% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,256 | $2,656 | +17% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,809 | $1,579 | +4% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,424 | $4,131 | about average |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,506 | $4,651 | about average |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$49,954 | $19,820 | about average |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,737 | $2,328 | -5% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,406 | $4,471 | -7% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,224 | $1,395 | -62% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,332 | $2,281 | -62% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$14,992 | $12,834 | -58% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$35,099 | $16,904 | -57% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Major Complications
MS-DRG 091 · Inpatient stay |
$32,448 | $16,444 | -54% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,578 | $1,624 | -53% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,007 | $6,910 | -52% |
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$20,915 | $8,658 | -52% |
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.