52/100
#1,205 nationally
St Catherine Hospital Inc
4321 Fir Street, East Chicago, IN 46312 · (219) 392-7004
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Catherine Hospital Inc billed $4.38 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
- 4.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 28
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IN
- #28
- 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 56% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 42% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 49% of U.S. hospitals.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
209 | $39,190 | $11,417 | +9% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
172 | $19,489 | $2,527 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
54 | $42,633 | $10,538 | about average |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
45 | $14,537 | $1,485 | +29% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
41 | $29,498 | $4,776 | +7% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
40 | $54,256 | $15,261 | -17% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
37 | $9,176 | $1,525 | -9% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
33 | $33,698 | $3,069 | +34% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
23 | $49,823 | $10,709 | +7% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
23 | $123,667 | $35,653 | -31% |
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 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,243 | $1,789 | +47% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,698 | $3,069 | +34% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,537 | $1,485 | +29% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,698 | $1,916 | +29% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$39,190 | $11,417 | +9% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,498 | $4,776 | +7% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$49,823 | $10,709 | +7% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,489 | $2,527 | about average |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$123,667 | $35,653 | -31% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$39,534 | $14,012 | -28% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$48,829 | $12,085 | -22% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$45,531 | $12,505 | -20% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$37,257 | $8,342 | -18% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$25,202 | $6,657 | -18% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$54,256 | $15,261 | -17% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,081 | $3,044 | -16% |
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.