66/100
#756 nationally
Confluence Health Hospital
1201 S Miller Street, Wenatchee, WA 98807 · (509) 662-1511
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Confluence Health Hospital billed $3.82 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
- 3.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 125
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in WA
- #5
- 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 56% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 85% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 66% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 58% 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 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,565 | $9,982 | $2,484 | -15% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
958 | $1,524 | $736 | -51% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
427 | $53,136 | $13,931 | -15% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
406 | $7,480 | $2,180 | -42% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
251 | $7,029 | $1,728 | -30% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
226 | $22,592 | $5,544 | -18% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
222 | $5,273 | $2,038 | -55% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
221 | $59,040 | $17,801 | -10% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
221 | $16,492 | $3,761 | -20% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
220 | $14,373 | $2,953 | -26% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$112,850 | $25,223 | +100% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$68,335 | $15,590 | +43% |
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 661 · Inpatient stay |
$61,329 | $8,657 | +30% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$50,865 | $11,807 | +25% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$111,946 | $18,943 | +17% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$68,591 | $11,134 | +15% |
|
Extracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 039 · Inpatient stay |
$58,863 | $9,391 | +11% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture with Major Complications
MS-DRG 521 · Inpatient stay |
$124,073 | $28,636 | +10% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,630 | $1,822 | -68% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,571 | $3,288 | -60% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,477 | $4,005 | -58% |
|
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 673 · Inpatient stay |
$68,553 | $31,444 | -55% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,273 | $2,038 | -55% |
|
Complex GI Procedures
APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,904 | $5,349 | -54% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,763 | $2,997 | -53% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,263 | $1,725 | -53% |
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.