Michigan / Memorial Healthcare
CMS certification 230121 · Owosso, MI · 3 entries in CMS's price-transparency list
Memorial Healthcare: charges and Medicare payments
Memorial Healthcare reported 450 Medicare inpatient stays across 14 DRGs in 2024. Across them it charged 4.47 times what it was paid — among the higher ratios in Michigan, number 7 of 76 hospitals with at least 100 stays (state median 3.09×, national 4.15×). Its most frequent stay was DRG 871, Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with MCC: 92 stays at an average charge of $61,175, 32% below the national average. It also billed 886 outpatient services, charging 8.4 times what Medicare paid.
- 1Medicare inpatient stays 450
- 2Charge ÷ paid, inpatient 4.47×
- 3Rank in MI (highest ratio = 1) 7 of 76
- 4CMS price-transparency actions 3
Inpatient stays
For the 14 DRGs that can be compared with the national average, Memorial Healthcare charged more than the national average in 0 (0%). Payments follow Medicare's rates, so they usually vary far less than charges.
| DRG | Stays | Avg charge | vs US | Avg paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 871 Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with MCC | 92 | $61,175 | -32% | $13,473 |
| 291 Heart Failure and Shock with MCC | 52 | $40,945 | -27% | $9,191 |
| 885 Psychoses | 49 | $23,891 | -46% | $9,412 |
| 193 Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with MCC | 42 | $39,833 | -33% | $9,415 |
| 683 Renal Failure with CC | 35 | $35,106 | -14% | $6,515 |
| 177 Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with MCC | 34 | $47,416 | -33% | $11,678 |
| 189 Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure | 33 | $38,279 | -34% | $8,973 |
| 872 Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours without MCC | 21 | $44,679 | -9% | $7,547 |
| 378 Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage with CC | 20 | $42,887 | -12% | $7,334 |
| 682 Renal Failure with MCC | 17 | $47,705 | -28% | $10,606 |
| 690 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without MCC | 16 | $30,799 | -19% | $5,886 |
| 853 Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedures with... | 16 | $141,322 | -38% | $28,358 |
| 603 Cellulitis without MCC | 12 | $36,747 | -1% | $6,580 |
| 638 Diabetes with CC | 11 | $38,147 | -8% | $6,828 |
Outpatient services
Against the Michigan average
For Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with MCC (DRG 871), Memorial Healthcare charged $61,175 on average, 13% more than the Michigan average of $54,260, and was paid $13,473 against a state average of $17,096. For Heart Failure and Shock with MCC (DRG 291), Memorial Healthcare charged $40,945 on average, 14% more than the Michigan average of $35,827, and was paid $9,191 against a state average of $11,565. For Psychoses (DRG 885), Memorial Healthcare charged $23,891 on average, 28% less than the Michigan average of $33,198, and was paid $9,412 against a state average of $12,533. For Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with MCC (DRG 193), Memorial Healthcare charged $39,833 on average, 11% more than the Michigan average of $35,850, and was paid $9,415 against a state average of $11,562. For Level 1 Intraocular Procedures (outpatient APC 5491), its average charge of $16,238 was 36% above the state average of $11,973. For Comprehensive Observation Services (outpatient APC 8011), its average charge of $28,749 was 87% above the state average of $15,355. For Level 2 Urology and Related Services (outpatient APC 5372), its average charge of $1,030 was 54% below the state average of $2,258. For Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage (outpatient APC 5072), its average charge of $7,535 was 3% above the state average of $7,344.
Price-transparency record
CMS's enforcement list records these actions for a hospital named Memorial Healthcare in Owosso, MI, under the federal hospital price-transparency rule (45 CFR part 180), which requires hospitals to post their standard charges online:
- Warning Notice — 2023-05-24 (CMS case 528)
- CAP Request — 2023-09-19 (CMS case 528)
- Closure Notice — 2023-09-29 (CMS case 528)
A warning notice or corrective-action request is not a finding of wrongdoing; "Met Requirements" and closure notices record that CMS's review ended. Matched to this hospital by exact name, city and state.
Charges are the hospital's list prices averaged over its 2024 Medicare cases; payments are what those cases actually brought in. Neither is what you will pay. For a planned procedure, ask the hospital for its price estimate or, if you are uninsured or self-paying, a good-faith estimate.
Sources: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024; CMS Medicare Outpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024; CMS Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Activities and Outcomes, July 2026. Checked 2026-10-24. Methodology.