CostGrade
B

72/100

#588 nationally

Regions Hospital

640 Jackson Street, Saint Paul, MN 55101 · (651) 254-1616

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Regions Hospital billed $3.37 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
3.4x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
198
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in MN
#28
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.

Inpatient charge markup 23.4/35

Better than 67% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 20.1/25

Better than 80% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 21.4/30

Better than 71% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 6.9/10

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
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

470 $11,638 $2,555 -40%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

455 $8,268 $2,208 -30%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

426 $63,430 $19,218 about average
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

235 $8,699 $1,795 -26%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

199 $7,380 $1,513 -27%
Psychoses

MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay

187 $62,283 $16,353 +73%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

155 $39,180 $12,507 -10%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

153 $14,422 $3,001 -25%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

127 $15,556 $3,102 -38%
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit

94 $55,837 $10,223 -17%

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
Psychoses

MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay

$62,283 $16,353 +73%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours

MS-DRG 207 · Inpatient stay

$341,984 $105,491 +34%
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability

MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay

$65,579 $16,612 +31%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications

MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay

$61,113 $16,824 +28%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

$3,939 $653 +26%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay

$98,638 $31,049 +15%
Heart Attack (severe)

MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay

$68,231 $14,966 +11%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications

MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay

$86,181 $22,241 +10%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Cardiac Congenital and Valvular Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 306 · Inpatient stay

$29,888 $14,267 -65%
Malignancy of Hepatobiliary System or Pancreas with Major Complications

MS-DRG 435 · Inpatient stay

$33,582 $16,433 -59%
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Major Complications

MS-DRG 388 · Inpatient stay

$23,876 $13,108 -59%
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures

APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit

$12,599 $4,754 -58%
Major Chest Trauma with Complications

MS-DRG 184 · Inpatient stay

$21,496 $10,146 -56%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures

APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit

$10,334 $3,269 -56%
Other Operating Room Procedures for Injuries with Major Complications

MS-DRG 907 · Inpatient stay

$81,734 $34,026 -53%
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour with Complications

MS-DRG 086 · Inpatient stay

$26,798 $12,170 -53%

What this page cannot tell you

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  • 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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