CostGrade
D

31/100

#1,840 nationally

Arizona Spine And Joint Hospital

4620 East Baseline Road, Mesa, AZ 85206 · (480) 832-4770

Charges far above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Arizona Spine And Joint Hospital billed $6.48 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
6.5x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
11
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in AZ
#28
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
Not rated
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.

Inpatient charge markup 6.2/35

Better than 18% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 11.4/25

Better than 46% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 11.0/30

Better than 37% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 2.1/10

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 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

519 $85,155 $12,651 +36%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

143 $6,622 $1,820 -42%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

140 $13,616 $3,127 -33%
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)

MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay

124 $87,188 $13,624 +9%
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit

122 $127,228 $17,996 +53%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

114 $6,469 $1,556 -42%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

113 $34,142 $6,937 -14%
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures

APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit

14 $215,659 $28,167 +91%
Major Joint or Limb Reattachment Procedures of Upper Extremities

MS-DRG 483 · Inpatient stay

13 $137,855 $18,254 +34%
Cervical Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 473 · Inpatient stay

12 $102,893 $19,450 +14%

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 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures

APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit

$215,659 $28,167 +91%
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit

$127,228 $17,996 +53%
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay

$243,205 $36,611 +37%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

$85,155 $12,651 +36%
Major Joint or Limb Reattachment Procedures of Upper Extremities

MS-DRG 483 · Inpatient stay

$137,855 $18,254 +34%
Cervical Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 473 · Inpatient stay

$102,893 $19,450 +14%
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)

MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay

$87,188 $13,624 +9%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

$34,142 $6,937 -14%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

$6,469 $1,556 -42%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

$6,622 $1,820 -42%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

$13,616 $3,127 -33%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

$34,142 $6,937 -14%
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)

MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay

$87,188 $13,624 +9%
Cervical Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 473 · Inpatient stay

$102,893 $19,450 +14%
Major Joint or Limb Reattachment Procedures of Upper Extremities

MS-DRG 483 · Inpatient stay

$137,855 $18,254 +34%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

$85,155 $12,651 +36%

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.
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