28/100
#1,930 nationally
Dignity Health Arizona General Hospital
9130 East Elliot Road, Mesa, AZ 85212 · (480) 410-4500
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Dignity Health Arizona General Hospital billed $6.27 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
- 6.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 19
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AZ
- #32
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- 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 32% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 26% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 28% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 26% 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 |
98 | $28,911 | $2,669 | +49% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
67 | $42,052 | $3,319 | +104% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
61 | $46,784 | $5,046 | +70% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
37 | $59,879 | $11,504 | +29% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
33 | $60,516 | $15,533 | -7% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
27 | $34,635 | $7,893 | +14% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
26 | $40,538 | $7,450 | +28% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
26 | $53,868 | $5,627 | +53% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
25 | $46,806 | $7,338 | +45% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
24 | $36,478 | $7,389 | +22% |
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 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,194 | $1,986 | +110% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$42,052 | $3,319 | +104% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$46,784 | $5,046 | +70% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$52,267 | $8,069 | +59% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$53,868 | $5,627 | +53% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,911 | $2,669 | +49% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$46,806 | $7,338 | +45% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$66,339 | $10,559 | +37% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,997 | $1,567 | -38% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$67,288 | $18,131 | -19% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$60,516 | $15,533 | -7% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$54,164 | $12,696 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$47,774 | $11,507 | +10% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,009 | $6,976 | +10% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$34,635 | $7,893 | +14% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$46,473 | $8,826 | +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.