9/100
#2,405 nationally
Abrazo Arrowhead Hospital
18701 North 67Th Avenue, Glendale, AZ 85308 · (623) 561-1000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Abrazo Arrowhead Hospital billed $10.69 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
- 10.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 101
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AZ
- #49
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 5% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 13% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 7% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 21% 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 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
382 | $234,384 | $22,994 | +77% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
326 | $255,105 | $27,120 | +105% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
324 | $49,587 | $2,655 | +155% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
281 | $57,969 | $3,166 | +130% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
185 | $41,862 | $3,372 | +103% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
155 | $162,353 | $16,724 | +149% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
154 | $136,198 | $10,717 | +101% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
142 | $52,357 | $4,917 | +91% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
109 | $540,137 | $41,287 | +185% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
109 | $65,636 | $5,594 | +87% |
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 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$71,010 | $3,067 | +248% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$98,090 | $6,958 | +213% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$97,429 | $7,880 | +196% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$105,895 | $7,754 | +189% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$232,733 | $21,277 | +188% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay |
$691,640 | $52,908 | +188% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$540,137 | $41,287 | +185% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,838 | $1,957 | +185% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 270 · Inpatient stay |
$297,757 | $45,680 | +33% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Major Complications
MS-DRG 242 · Inpatient stay |
$184,824 | $26,297 | +33% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$110,047 | $16,603 | +36% |
|
Level 2 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5212 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$65,423 | $7,282 | +47% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 273 · Inpatient stay |
$292,366 | $32,391 | +58% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$79,989 | $10,789 | +65% |
|
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.d.e. with Complications
MS-DRG 418 · Inpatient stay |
$138,136 | $12,878 | +68% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 331 · Inpatient stay |
$125,461 | $14,195 | +69% |
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.