50/100
#1,251 nationally
Community Medical Center
2827 Fort Missoula Rd, Missoula, MT 59804 · (406) 728-4100
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Community Medical Center billed $5.25 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
- 5.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 42
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MT
- #9
- 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 41% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 57% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 50% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 66% 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 |
122 | $58,302 | $12,234 | -7% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
98 | $9,736 | $1,520 | -3% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
97 | $9,796 | $1,769 | -17% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
87 | $24,550 | $3,035 | about average |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
83 | $57,140 | $15,340 | -12% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
68 | $34,294 | $5,410 | about average |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
65 | $76,503 | $17,191 | -8% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
64 | $12,771 | $1,810 | +13% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
63 | $18,976 | $3,268 | -8% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
62 | $38,759 | $6,707 | about average |
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 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$49,093 | $5,359 | +42% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$54,981 | $6,114 | +39% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,860 | $3,574 | +38% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,695 | $3,035 | +21% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$37,676 | $6,468 | +20% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 331 · Inpatient stay |
$89,437 | $12,423 | +20% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,771 | $1,810 | +13% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$74,388 | $10,305 | +10% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,326 | $1,502 | -61% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,929 | $2,664 | -33% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,692 | $1,507 | -32% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,373 | $2,488 | -26% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,215 | $4,663 | -23% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,349 | $2,988 | -20% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,777 | $2,931 | -19% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$108,557 | $22,209 | -18% |
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.