88/100
#129 nationally
Spectrum Health United Hospital
615 S Bower Street, Greenville, MI 48838 · (616) 754-4691
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Spectrum Health United Hospital billed $2.31 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
- 2.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 19
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MI
- #11
- 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.
Better than 92% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 80% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 91% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 91% 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 |
103 | $12,899 | $2,385 | -34% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
64 | $29,256 | $16,279 | -55% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
43 | $19,570 | $12,075 | -55% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
30 | $4,688 | $1,658 | -60% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
22 | $4,635 | $1,367 | -54% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
21 | $17,626 | $9,995 | -58% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
19 | $25,112 | $12,193 | -48% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
19 | $11,665 | $7,945 | -62% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
18 | $23,295 | $11,495 | -50% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
18 | $9,702 | $2,705 | -52% |
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 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,877 | $2,777 | -12% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,014 | $6,232 | -32% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,899 | $2,385 | -34% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,195 | $2,895 | -36% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,367 | $5,027 | -39% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$16,962 | $8,087 | -43% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,858 | $11,452 | -44% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$25,112 | $12,193 | -48% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$11,665 | $7,945 | -62% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$12,595 | $8,677 | -62% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,688 | $1,658 | -60% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$17,626 | $9,995 | -58% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$29,256 | $16,279 | -55% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$19,570 | $12,075 | -55% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,635 | $1,367 | -54% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$25,458 | $14,943 | -54% |
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.