29/100
#1,916 nationally
Saint Joseph Medical Center
333 N Madison St, Joliet, IL 60435 · (815) 725-7133
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Saint Joseph Medical Center billed $6.63 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
- 6.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 118
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IL
- #89
- 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.
Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 28% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 30% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 57% 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 |
359 | $30,917 | $2,587 | +59% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
226 | $93,686 | $14,216 | +44% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
209 | $64,119 | $10,015 | +48% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
179 | $33,350 | $3,049 | +32% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
171 | $77,121 | $12,777 | +40% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
108 | $80,958 | $10,435 | +20% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
103 | $21,712 | $3,284 | +5% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
75 | $36,470 | $10,399 | about average |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
75 | $34,111 | $4,913 | +24% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
74 | $14,489 | $1,813 | +28% |
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 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,156 | $1,611 | +103% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$61,146 | $5,274 | +77% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,003 | $3,807 | +74% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$75,419 | $9,556 | +66% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$59,677 | $5,064 | +65% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,122 | $1,934 | +63% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,917 | $2,587 | +59% |
|
Hypertension without Major Complications
MS-DRG 305 · Inpatient stay |
$52,711 | $5,940 | +57% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$40,518 | $11,613 | -40% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$62,533 | $14,808 | -20% |
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 252 · Inpatient stay |
$125,116 | $24,570 | -14% |
|
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 270 · Inpatient stay |
$194,314 | $34,041 | -13% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,214 | $1,783 | -13% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay |
$56,196 | $12,119 | -12% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$71,741 | $17,994 | -11% |
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 299 · Inpatient stay |
$63,432 | $11,779 | -6% |
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.