CostGrade
A

89/100

#107 nationally

Olmsted Medical Center

1650 Fourth Street Southeast, Rochester, MN 55904 · (507) 288-3443

Charges close to what care is actually paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Olmsted Medical Center billed $3.16 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
3.2x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
20
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in MN
#6
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 32.6/35

Better than 93% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 22.7/25

Better than 91% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 26.0/30

Better than 87% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 7.3/10

Better than 73% 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 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

264 $7,883 $2,235 -33%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

130 $40,990 $12,640 -34%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

123 $5,912 $1,816 -48%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

80 $2,316 $1,528 -77%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

56 $13,109 $3,113 -36%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

43 $10,628 $2,633 -45%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

40 $5,827 $1,959 -55%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

40 $1,284 $657 -59%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

35 $26,782 $6,881 -33%
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures

APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit

29 $14,349 $2,248 about average

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 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures

APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit

$14,349 $2,248 about average
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures

APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit

$19,580 $3,328 -16%
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit

$63,550 $17,885 -23%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

$26,782 $6,881 -33%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

$7,883 $2,235 -33%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

$40,990 $12,640 -34%
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit

$13,443 $3,911 -35%
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures

APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,709 $3,007 -36%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

$2,316 $1,528 -77%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

$24,233 $15,162 -63%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

$4,412 $1,546 -61%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

$1,284 $657 -59%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

$20,191 $11,706 -57%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$19,516 $10,740 -55%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$5,827 $1,959 -55%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

$5,912 $1,816 -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.
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