45/100
#1,406 nationally
Alaska Native Medical Center
4315 Diplomacy Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508 · (907) 563-2662
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Alaska Native Medical Center billed $3.57 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
- 3.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 38
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AK
- #4
- 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 59% of U.S. hospitals.
Not published for this hospital — scored at 50% of the component rather than zero, because an absent figure is not a bad one.
Better than 26% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 38% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
162 | $101,769 | $28,033 | +56% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
105 | $63,358 | $26,024 | -21% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
46 | $262,542 | $68,699 | +48% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
38 | $77,526 | $17,875 | +60% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
37 | $58,500 | $14,675 | +28% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
37 | $55,891 | $14,916 | +42% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
36 | $85,619 | $18,522 | +97% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
33 | $85,372 | $29,023 | about average |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
32 | $42,159 | $14,610 | about average |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 330 · Inpatient stay |
27 | $157,013 | $33,096 | +56% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$114,161 | $23,451 | +107% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$85,619 | $18,522 | +97% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$87,091 | $17,433 | +84% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$77,526 | $17,875 | +60% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay |
$282,358 | $61,842 | +57% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$65,551 | $16,292 | +57% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 330 · Inpatient stay |
$157,013 | $33,096 | +56% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$101,769 | $28,033 | +56% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$63,358 | $26,024 | -21% |
|
Lower Extremity and Humerus Procedures Except Hip, Foot and Femur with Complications
MS-DRG 493 · Inpatient stay |
$82,985 | $33,330 | -18% |
|
Major Joint or Limb Reattachment Procedures of Upper Extremities
MS-DRG 483 · Inpatient stay |
$88,544 | $34,664 | -14% |
|
Respiratory Neoplasms with Major Complications
MS-DRG 180 · Inpatient stay |
$66,872 | $24,242 | -10% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$72,196 | $26,963 | -8% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications
MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay |
$86,084 | $29,549 | about average |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$42,159 | $14,610 | about average |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$85,372 | $29,023 | about average |
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.