CostGrade
C

41/100

#1,573 nationally

St Johns Hospital

800 E Carpenter St, Springfield, IL 62769 · (217) 544-6464

Charges well above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Johns Hospital billed $5.32 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
5.3x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
153
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in IL
#67
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.

Inpatient charge markup 11.5/35

Better than 33% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 11.7/25

Better than 47% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 12.8/30

Better than 43% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 5.0/10

Better than 50% 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
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

713 $17,354 $2,125 +48%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

400 $26,945 $3,000 +7%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

316 $82,368 $16,232 +26%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

292 $60,985 $11,966 about average
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

279 $49,286 $10,924 +14%
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures

APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit

223 $149,638 $21,637 +13%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

216 $23,307 $2,507 +20%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

137 $15,463 $1,470 +53%
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit

127 $68,263 $9,798 +33%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

122 $13,805 $1,737 +17%

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
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Major Complications

MS-DRG 091 · Inpatient stay

$176,614 $23,585 +148%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

$42,353 $3,167 +105%
Extracranial Procedures with Complications

MS-DRG 038 · Inpatient stay

$110,834 $12,981 +65%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$20,881 $1,882 +62%
Coagulation Disorders

MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay

$105,714 $18,037 +58%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

$17,605 $1,666 +55%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

$15,463 $1,470 +53%
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit

$17,436 $1,485 +53%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures

APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit

$14,872 $3,197 -36%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 299 · Inpatient stay

$43,772 $12,801 -35%
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications

MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay

$45,609 $13,380 -33%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Complications

MS-DRG 315 · Inpatient stay

$28,589 $7,828 -31%
Complex GI Procedures

APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit

$20,934 $5,267 -30%
Disorders of the Biliary Tract with Complications

MS-DRG 445 · Inpatient stay

$36,507 $9,108 -29%
Level 8 Urology and Related Services

APC 5378 · Hospital outpatient visit

$62,693 $17,294 -28%
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay

$41,732 $11,849 -26%

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.
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