51/100
#1,218 nationally
Christus St Vincent Regional Medical Center
455 St Michael's Drive, Santa Fe, NM 87505 · (505) 983-3361
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Christus St Vincent Regional Medical Center billed $4.40 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
- 4.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 94
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NM
- #9
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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.
Better than 48% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 44% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 45% 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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
939 | $2,228 | $690 | -29% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
400 | $18,881 | $2,766 | about average |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
369 | $72,561 | $21,057 | +11% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
303 | $8,346 | $2,052 | -35% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
295 | $8,712 | $1,945 | -23% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
250 | $80,655 | $12,980 | +29% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
220 | $29,400 | $5,759 | -16% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
198 | $30,957 | $5,198 | +13% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
195 | $6,558 | $1,628 | -42% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
193 | $44,032 | $7,185 | +10% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Complex GI Procedures
APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$59,316 | $5,771 | +98% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$147,017 | $18,610 | +77% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$62,007 | $6,604 | +57% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,217 | $3,305 | +55% |
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,643 | $3,878 | +49% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$74,654 | $10,533 | +45% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$94,142 | $11,128 | +39% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$63,660 | $13,760 | +34% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 ENT Procedures
APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,307 | $1,434 | -48% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,558 | $1,628 | -42% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$44,598 | $20,225 | -42% |
|
Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Major
MS-DRG 981 · Inpatient stay |
$107,566 | $50,024 | -41% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,442 | $3,260 | -40% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,346 | $2,052 | -35% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$51,273 | $22,151 | -34% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay |
$43,322 | $17,624 | -32% |
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.