CostGrade
B

70/100

#657 nationally

St Josephs Hospital

9515 Holy Cross Ln, Breese, IL 62230 · (618) 526-4511

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Josephs Hospital billed $3.48 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
3.5x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
11
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in IL
#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.

Inpatient charge markup 28.8/35

Better than 82% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 14.7/25

Better than 59% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 19.8/30

Better than 66% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 7.0/10

Better than 70% 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

121 $16,635 $2,480 -14%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

90 $7,977 $2,154 -32%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

53 $31,914 $14,666 -51%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

28 $30,662 $11,147 -34%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

27 $32,491 $11,196 -25%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

22 $11,385 $1,485 about average
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

20 $17,327 $2,991 -15%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

17 $29,778 $12,900 -46%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

17 $53,475 $11,528 -14%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

14 $11,097 $1,498 +10%

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 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,097 $1,498 +10%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,385 $1,485 about average
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures

APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit

$16,590 $2,697 -9%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

$53,475 $11,528 -14%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

$16,635 $2,480 -14%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

$17,327 $2,991 -15%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$32,491 $11,196 -25%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

$7,977 $2,154 -32%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

$31,914 $14,666 -51%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

$29,778 $12,900 -46%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

$30,662 $11,147 -34%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

$7,977 $2,154 -32%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$32,491 $11,196 -25%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

$17,327 $2,991 -15%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

$16,635 $2,480 -14%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

$53,475 $11,528 -14%

What this page cannot tell you

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  • 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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