CostGrade
C

48/100

#1,327 nationally

St Mary Medical Center Inc

1500 S Lake Park Ave, Hobart, IN 46342 · (219) 947-6196

Charges well above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Mary Medical Center Inc billed $5.01 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
5.0x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
105
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in IN
#36
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.

Inpatient charge markup 15.5/35

Better than 44% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 13.3/25

Better than 53% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 16.7/30

Better than 56% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 2.7/10

Better than 27% 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

704 $16,476 $2,135 +40%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

515 $20,458 $2,544 +5%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

251 $31,520 $3,046 +25%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

234 $9,442 $1,494 -6%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

185 $16,633 $2,890 -13%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

179 $48,493 $12,240 -22%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

173 $37,550 $9,677 -14%
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit

156 $60,573 $10,014 -10%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

139 $16,179 $1,850 +25%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

129 $45,467 $12,160 -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
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

$13,069 $624 +317%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

$16,476 $2,135 +40%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

$14,068 $1,512 +25%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$16,179 $1,850 +25%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

$31,520 $3,046 +25%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

$23,227 $2,984 +14%
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay

$36,130 $6,193 +12%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

$22,954 $3,238 +11%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Carotid Artery Stent Procedures with Complications

MS-DRG 035 · Inpatient stay

$45,749 $16,740 -52%
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement with Complications

MS-DRG 467 · Inpatient stay

$75,060 $31,313 -42%
Stroke (severe)

MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay

$45,136 $13,109 -41%
Level 4 Vascular Procedures

APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit

$21,822 $5,062 -40%
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications

MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay

$53,293 $14,757 -38%
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)

MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay

$50,105 $14,138 -37%
Other Vascular Procedures with Complications

MS-DRG 253 · Inpatient stay

$71,232 $18,078 -37%
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications

MS-DRG 074 · Inpatient stay

$30,558 $8,526 -36%

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.
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