71/100
#626 nationally
St Joseph Hospital
360 Broadway, Bangor, ME 04401 · (207) 262-1000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Joseph Hospital billed $3.60 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
- 3.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 41
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in ME
- #6
- 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 76% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 67% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 70% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 71% 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 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
143 | $51,122 | $11,077 | -18% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
134 | $9,891 | $2,349 | -49% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
104 | $46,428 | $18,414 | -29% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
100 | $10,572 | $1,607 | -10% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
78 | $30,212 | $6,139 | -24% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
77 | $26,127 | $4,853 | -26% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
60 | $8,241 | $1,373 | -18% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
55 | $19,472 | $2,777 | -4% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
49 | $40,885 | $14,530 | -26% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
48 | $32,801 | $11,335 | -24% |
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 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,912 | $1,657 | +40% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,739 | $586 | +19% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,250 | $3,213 | +11% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,953 | $2,969 | about average |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,472 | $2,777 | -4% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$102,814 | $26,569 | -9% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,572 | $1,607 | -10% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$34,899 | $8,645 | -16% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$22,272 | $8,052 | -49% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,891 | $2,349 | -49% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$17,880 | $6,929 | -45% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
$18,182 | $7,549 | -44% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$18,974 | $7,927 | -42% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$17,837 | $6,933 | -42% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$17,792 | $7,127 | -40% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$37,020 | $13,713 | -40% |
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.