95/100
#11 nationally
Tawas St Joseph Hospital
200 Hemlock, Tawas City, MI 48764 · (989) 362-9301
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Tawas St Joseph Hospital billed $1.48 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
- 1.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 11
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MI
- #2
- 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 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% 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 |
196 | $5,914 | $2,179 | -50% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
67 | $8,082 | $2,570 | -58% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
59 | $17,857 | $17,172 | -73% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
45 | $3,299 | $1,522 | -67% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
36 | $13,457 | $11,306 | -69% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
20 | $14,594 | $11,619 | -69% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
19 | $10,779 | $12,949 | -80% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
15 | $14,636 | $10,649 | -70% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
13 | $9,587 | $7,766 | -71% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
13 | $11,856 | $9,002 | -70% |
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 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,914 | $2,179 | -50% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,082 | $2,570 | -58% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,299 | $1,522 | -67% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$14,594 | $11,619 | -69% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$13,457 | $11,306 | -69% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$14,636 | $10,649 | -70% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$11,856 | $9,002 | -70% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$9,587 | $7,766 | -71% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$10,779 | $12,949 | -80% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,813 | $12,341 | -73% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$17,857 | $17,172 | -73% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$9,587 | $7,766 | -71% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$11,856 | $9,002 | -70% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$14,636 | $10,649 | -70% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$13,457 | $11,306 | -69% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$14,594 | $11,619 | -69% |
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.