58/100
#1,006 nationally
Central Peninsula General Hospital
250 Hospital Place, Soldotna, AK 99669 · (907) 262-4404
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Central Peninsula General Hospital billed $3.44 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
- 3.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 44
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AK
- #2
- 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 79% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 60% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 40% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 36% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
190 | $26,372 | $2,988 | +36% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
184 | $2,023 | $755 | -36% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
118 | $8,181 | $937 | -30% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
105 | $10,010 | $1,765 | about average |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
100 | $12,766 | $2,121 | +12% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
98 | $77,377 | $14,522 | +24% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
87 | $61,599 | $29,837 | -6% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
87 | $15,972 | $3,461 | -22% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
80 | $54,099 | $20,129 | +25% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
80 | $30,664 | $6,316 | -13% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$50,445 | $12,295 | +69% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$50,280 | $13,208 | +65% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$72,977 | $15,510 | +60% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,272 | $3,608 | +56% |
|
Seizures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay |
$59,659 | $13,760 | +46% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$60,039 | $18,154 | +43% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$44,313 | $13,997 | +40% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,372 | $2,988 | +36% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,174 | $2,252 | -44% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,023 | $755 | -36% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$121,246 | $75,790 | -32% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,871 | $1,770 | -32% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,181 | $937 | -30% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,747 | $3,303 | -30% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,333 | $1,718 | -26% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,781 | $3,788 | -24% |
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.