Methodist Hospitals Inc

600 Grant St, Gary, IN 46402 · (219) 886-4000

Charges far above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Methodist Hospitals Inc billed $5.79 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.

See all 78 prices How we grade

Charge-to-payment: 5.8x; volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced: 78; inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in IN: #59; 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.

Inpatient charge markup 10.8/35

Better than 31% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 6.0/25

Better than 24% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 10.4/30

Better than 35% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 2.1/10

Better than 21% 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
Comprehensive Observation Services APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit	221	$21,318	$2,546	+10%
Heart Failure (severe) MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay	172	$38,600	$9,751	-11%
Sepsis (severe) MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay	155	$89,489	$15,321	+37%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit	89	$24,258	$2,971	+27%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit	87	$25,102	$2,994	about average
Pneumonia (severe) MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay	69	$49,888	$10,898	+7%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit	65	$11,512	$1,525	+14%
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications) MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay	63	$29,590	$6,699	about average
Kidney Failure (with complications) MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay	53	$37,663	$7,275	+14%
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit	53	$224,365	$21,889	+69%

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	$12,188	$642	+289%
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit	$72,510	$5,222	+109%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit	$21,060	$2,142	+79%
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit	$224,365	$21,889	+69%
Infection Needing Surgery (severe) MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay	$295,891	$48,746	+66%
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit	$140,845	$15,593	+47%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit	$51,079	$5,427	+45%
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit	$26,362	$2,838	+45%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure	Charged	Actually paid	vs national
Psychoses MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay	$21,944	$10,988	-39%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Complications MS-DRG 315 · Inpatient stay	$25,871	$7,485	-38%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay	$24,640	$7,260	-34%
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications) MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay	$25,506	$8,376	-32%
Sepsis MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay	$187,427	$47,698	-30%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit	$8,276	$1,816	-27%
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay	$65,980	$16,017	-25%
Diabetes with Major Complications MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay	$43,008	$11,610	-24%

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.

Lower markups near Gary

A
Parkview Noble Hospital
2.1x · Kendallville, IN
B
Monroe Hospital
2.8x · Bloomington, IN
B
Marion General Hospital
2.9x · Marion, IN
C
Parkview Whitley Hospital
3.0x · Columbia City, IN
A
Daviess Community Hospital
3.2x · Washington, IN
B
Parkview Huntington Hospital
3.3x · Huntington, IN

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The record

CMS provider number: 150002
Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Ownership: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency department: Yes
Setting: Metropolitan area core: primary flow within an urbanized area of 50,000 and greater

Source: CMS Medicare Inpatient and Outpatient utilisation files and Hospital General Information. See the files.