51/100
#1,239 nationally
University Of Michigan Health System
1500 E Medical Center Drive, Spc 5474, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 · (734) 764-1505
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, University Of Michigan Health System billed $4.00 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
- 4.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 259
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MI
- #61
- 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.
Better than 63% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 45% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 40% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 53% 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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
2,369 | $2,721 | $538 | -13% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,412 | $22,808 | $2,148 | +94% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,169 | $10,758 | $1,641 | -17% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,091 | $15,959 | $2,478 | -18% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,041 | $9,721 | $1,474 | -4% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
487 | $13,650 | $1,730 | +16% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
412 | $21,223 | $2,977 | -16% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
378 | $20,198 | $2,611 | +14% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
373 | $19,763 | $2,928 | +3% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
312 | $29,205 | $3,752 | +41% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$113,599 | $30,266 | +101% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,808 | $2,148 | +94% |
|
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5493 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$46,528 | $4,835 | +92% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$92,157 | $31,400 | +84% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$64,663 | $23,247 | +79% |
|
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 673 · Inpatient stay |
$259,419 | $75,810 | +69% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$100,617 | $24,997 | +64% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$78,494 | $19,051 | +62% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5094 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$50,734 | $16,268 | -47% |
|
Level 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,540 | $7,204 | -43% |
|
Osteomyelitis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 539 · Inpatient stay |
$57,335 | $22,093 | -39% |
|
Viral Illness without Major Complications
MS-DRG 866 · Inpatient stay |
$28,388 | $11,397 | -37% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 331 · Inpatient stay |
$47,715 | $19,672 | -36% |
|
Skin Grafts and Wound Debridement for Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders Wit
MS-DRG 623 · Inpatient stay |
$51,619 | $26,156 | -35% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,580 | $3,165 | -33% |
|
Tracheostomy for Face, Mouth and Neck Diagnoses or Laryngectomy with Major Complications
MS-DRG 011 · Inpatient stay |
$204,968 | $71,022 | -29% |
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.