68/100
#715 nationally
Up Health System Portage
500 Campus Drive, Hancock, MI 49930 · (906) 483-1000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Up Health System Portage billed $3.27 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
- 3.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 11
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MI
- #49
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- 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 83% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 47% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 66% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 73% 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 |
55 | $17,922 | $2,554 | -8% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
37 | $1,953 | $637 | -38% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
34 | $49,881 | $19,413 | -24% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
18 | $9,069 | $1,513 | -10% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
17 | $10,706 | $1,901 | -17% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
15 | $23,463 | $12,507 | -46% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
14 | $8,295 | $1,500 | -26% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
13 | $29,266 | $16,473 | -47% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
13 | $30,289 | $10,163 | -23% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
13 | $19,338 | $2,974 | about average |
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 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$38,564 | $5,384 | +10% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,338 | $2,974 | about average |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,922 | $2,554 | -8% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,069 | $1,513 | -10% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,706 | $1,901 | -17% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$30,289 | $10,163 | -23% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$49,881 | $19,413 | -24% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,295 | $1,500 | -26% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$29,266 | $16,473 | -47% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$23,463 | $12,507 | -46% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,953 | $637 | -38% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,295 | $1,500 | -26% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$49,881 | $19,413 | -24% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$30,289 | $10,163 | -23% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,706 | $1,901 | -17% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,069 | $1,513 | -10% |
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.