53/100
#1,170 nationally
St Mary Medical Center
3333 North Seminary, Galesburg, IL 61401 · (309) 344-3161
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Mary Medical Center billed $3.43 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
- 41
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IL
- #38
- 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 73% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 36% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 46% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 48% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
192 | $55,139 | $20,470 | -15% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
185 | $18,525 | $2,674 | -5% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
131 | $44,002 | $13,375 | about average |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
48 | $10,090 | $1,578 | about average |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
43 | $47,074 | $18,041 | -14% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
43 | $32,973 | $10,576 | -16% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
36 | $36,828 | $5,585 | +5% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
35 | $25,315 | $8,236 | -17% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
35 | $25,355 | $8,320 | -15% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
33 | $33,721 | $13,630 | -28% |
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 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,820 | $1,680 | +83% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,118 | $3,707 | +55% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$56,210 | $7,081 | +41% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,648 | $1,911 | +38% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$84,777 | $13,006 | +36% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,423 | $2,957 | +34% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,002 | $3,424 | +29% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,159 | $1,883 | +29% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$33,199 | $13,595 | -32% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$39,153 | $17,023 | -31% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$33,721 | $13,630 | -28% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$129,650 | $51,332 | -27% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$39,503 | $15,443 | -25% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$23,487 | $8,016 | -23% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$36,475 | $10,431 | -20% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$25,071 | $9,504 | -18% |
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.