44/100
#1,457 nationally
Banner Ironwood Medical Center
37000 North Gantzel Road, Queen Creek, AZ 85140 · (480) 394-4000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Banner Ironwood Medical Center billed $4.68 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
- 4.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 26
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AZ
- #19
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- 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 49% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 43% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 39% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 43% 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 |
161 | $54,870 | $14,424 | -16% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
128 | $21,084 | $2,636 | +8% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
76 | $40,945 | $5,575 | +17% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
48 | $62,657 | $12,814 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
43 | $56,248 | $10,606 | +30% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
35 | $43,157 | $10,742 | +10% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
33 | $59,419 | $14,100 | +8% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
33 | $43,625 | $6,976 | +9% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
29 | $39,420 | $10,279 | -15% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
20 | $25,158 | $3,031 | +23% |
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 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$46,539 | $3,374 | +100% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$45,802 | $7,211 | +42% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,316 | $5,046 | +36% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,817 | $3,399 | +35% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$56,248 | $10,606 | +30% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,158 | $3,031 | +23% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$62,346 | $10,037 | +22% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$50,090 | $9,620 | +20% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$117,041 | $41,241 | -34% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$22,408 | $6,646 | -28% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay |
$84,529 | $23,599 | -28% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$54,870 | $14,424 | -16% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$39,420 | $10,279 | -15% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$71,470 | $15,152 | -14% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,968 | $1,567 | -11% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$29,028 | $8,323 | 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.