53/100
#1,168 nationally
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
1000 Health Center Drive P O Box 372, Mattoon, IL 61938 · (217) 258-2513
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center billed $4.95 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
- 5.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 93
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IL
- #37
- 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.
Better than 43% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 57% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 55% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 70% 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 |
1,064 | $20,877 | $2,671 | +7% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
688 | $7,451 | $2,179 | -37% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
406 | $62,887 | $12,874 | about average |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
249 | $695 | $663 | -78% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
238 | $35,970 | $9,399 | -17% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
202 | $12,090 | $1,812 | +7% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
150 | $9,069 | $1,531 | -10% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
136 | $54,999 | $14,487 | -16% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
120 | $16,083 | $3,138 | -16% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
119 | $25,019 | $3,212 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$75,477 | $14,019 | +38% |
|
Knee Procedures without Principal Diagnosis of Infection without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 489 · Inpatient stay |
$49,716 | $9,032 | +26% |
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,967 | $3,791 | +23% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,159 | $3,424 | +21% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$112,341 | $16,625 | +18% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement with Complications
MS-DRG 467 · Inpatient stay |
$148,895 | $49,010 | +15% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$63,926 | $10,657 | +14% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$42,625 | $8,407 | +13% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$695 | $663 | -78% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,279 | $2,006 | -67% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,083 | $3,187 | -52% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$29,549 | $12,288 | -41% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay |
$39,468 | $12,622 | -40% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,032 | $1,304 | -38% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,451 | $2,179 | -37% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$32,136 | $9,497 | -34% |
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.