59/100
#996 nationally
St Joe Mercy Hospital System Livonia
36475 Five Mile Road, Livonia, MI 48154 · (734) 655-4800
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Joe Mercy Hospital System Livonia billed $3.45 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
- 121
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MI
- #57
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 71% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 44% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 65% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 43% 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 |
461 | $16,061 | $2,336 | -17% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
277 | $50,866 | $18,187 | -22% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
270 | $35,612 | $12,490 | -18% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
107 | $27,234 | $4,446 | about average |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
106 | $5,400 | $1,010 | -46% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
103 | $46,398 | $15,168 | -16% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
102 | $33,132 | $11,948 | -32% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
102 | $19,117 | $2,880 | -7% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
96 | $8,710 | $1,666 | -26% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
87 | $27,322 | $7,722 | -15% |
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 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,057 | $602 | +221% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,213 | $2,093 | +22% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,869 | $773 | +22% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,700 | $1,279 | +22% |
|
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,388 | $1,391 | +20% |
|
Level 4 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5504 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,111 | $2,868 | +20% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,011 | $4,758 | +14% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,820 | $2,052 | +9% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 252 · Inpatient stay |
$60,100 | $29,349 | -59% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$30,877 | $15,753 | -55% |
|
Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Major
MS-DRG 981 · Inpatient stay |
$86,366 | $43,129 | -53% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$25,967 | $14,851 | -48% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,400 | $1,010 | -46% |
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 299 · Inpatient stay |
$37,167 | $14,309 | -45% |
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 253 · Inpatient stay |
$62,207 | $30,066 | -45% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$98,874 | $40,013 | -44% |
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.