CostGrade

Avera St Lukes vs Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, Inc

The same procedures, at each hospital, with what they charge and what that care is actually paid for.

C

Avera St Lukes

Aberdeen, SD

4.5x

charged per $1 actually paid

A

Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, Inc

Watertown, SD

2.8x

charged per $1 actually paid

CostGrade C A
Score out of 100 61 90
Rank in state #10 #1
Procedures priced 69 54
CMS quality stars 4/5 3/5
Ownership Voluntary non-profit - Church Voluntary non-profit - Private

The same procedures, priced at each

Only procedures every hospital here publishes a price for, so the comparison is like for like.

Green marks the lower charge on that row.

Add another hospital

A

Brookings Health System

Brookings, SD

2.8x — bills about $2.79 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

20 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Government - Local
B

Avera St Mary's Hospital

Pierre, SD

4.0x — bills about $3.99 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

27 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private