CostGrade
A

81/100

#321 nationally

Munson Medical Center

1105 Sixth Street, Traverse City, MI 49684 · (231) 935-5000

Charges close to what care is actually paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Munson Medical Center billed $3.14 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
173
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in MI
#18
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
4/5
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 25.6/35

Better than 73% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 21.7/25

Better than 87% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 24.9/30

Better than 83% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 8.8/10

Better than 88% 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 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

708 $1,438 $637 -54%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

448 $4,324 $1,900 -67%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

435 $14,668 $2,534 -25%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

383 $5,434 $1,496 -46%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

331 $13,838 $3,027 -45%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

230 $31,790 $12,216 -49%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

216 $17,122 $4,761 -38%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

215 $31,702 $11,382 -27%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

211 $52,208 $17,313 -20%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

152 $11,293 $2,914 -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
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures

APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit

$168,355 $30,603 +13%
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit

$98,124 $18,139 about average
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,313 $1,781 about average
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major

MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay

$178,037 $42,782 -6%
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit

$35,481 $7,927 -6%
Stroke (uncomplicated)

MS-DRG 066 · Inpatient stay

$33,275 $6,434 -7%
Heart Failure (with complications)

MS-DRG 292 · Inpatient stay

$30,639 $7,895 -7%
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit

$47,618 $9,817 -8%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$4,324 $1,900 -67%
Major Chest Trauma with Complications

MS-DRG 184 · Inpatient stay

$18,290 $9,977 -63%
Amputation for Circulatory System Disorders Except Upper Limb and Toe with Major

MS-DRG 239 · Inpatient stay

$77,971 $38,269 -61%
Coagulation Disorders

MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay

$26,720 $13,598 -60%
Level 2 Vascular Procedures

APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit

$3,439 $1,494 -60%
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 661 · Inpatient stay

$19,373 $9,171 -59%
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture with Major Complications

MS-DRG 521 · Inpatient stay

$48,325 $25,618 -57%
Postoperative or Post-traumatic Infections with Operating Room Procedures with Major

MS-DRG 856 · Inpatient stay

$82,882 $38,029 -56%

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