Price Transparency

Disclaimer: This price estimate is not a guarantee of the charges for a service. Actual charges can differ due to the physician’s medical determination during a visit, complications, length of visit, medical coding changes, or changes in a patient’s condition. If you have health insurance, the amount you will be billed and expected to pay for your services depends on your specific health insurance coverage and your insurance company.

Standard Charges
To improve price transparency, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requires all U.S. hospitals to list specific information on its standard charges for each inpatient and outpatient service and item provided by the hospital. 

The list is available in a machine-readable format.

521651949_Indianhead-Medical-Center-Shell-Lake-INC_standardcharges.csv

Price Estimates
We provide a few ways to get price estimates for the hospital shoppable services we offer. You’ll get the most accurate estimate based on the information available at the time of your request. The estimate is not a guarantee of your final charges. The actual cost may vary based on what services you need.

Your estimate will not include:

  • Exams and appointments before or after your (procedure/surgery)
  • Treatment for any complications
  • Lab tests and radiology (X-rays, CT scans, MRIs)
  • Unforeseen services you may receive

Call for an Estimate

To help you estimate the cost of your care or the amount you might owe for your care, please contact our patient billing services staff at 715-468-7833

Online Price Estimator

Get a online price estimate at this link HERE.

Charity Care

In keeping with the hospital’s mission to provide “care to meet the needs of each individual in our community” and to further to show “compassion in meeting these needs… within the limits of available resources”. IMC will have charity care available to indigent patients who meet the following criteria:

  • There is proven financial need.
  • The prospective patient must meet the screen for state medical assistance and fall under the federal poverty guidelines. This determination will be made by designees from the business office.

Charity hospitalization authority shall be confined to usual and customary hospitalization charges.

Whenever possible request for charity care is made in advance of delivery of services.

  • The business office manager will have available information and applications for those patients seeking charity care assistance.
  • Those patients deemed not eligible will be given an explanation, and counseled regarding other options that may be available to them, by the business office manager.