17/100
#2,243 nationally
Enloe Health
1531 Esplanade, Chico, CA 95926 · (530) 332-7300
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Enloe Health billed $7.66 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
- 7.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 202
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #178
- 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 12% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 32% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 12% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 17% 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 |
1,506 | $46,965 | $3,325 | +142% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
621 | $2,081 | $368 | -34% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
607 | $146,101 | $18,762 | +124% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
461 | $89,004 | $16,116 | +42% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
439 | $101,149 | $12,339 | +133% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
392 | $14,955 | $1,941 | +48% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
364 | $11,152 | $1,690 | -14% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
343 | $17,254 | $2,333 | +47% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
326 | $93,980 | $3,978 | +272% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
283 | $63,161 | $7,076 | +80% |
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 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$93,980 | $3,978 | +272% |
|
Heart Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 292 · Inpatient stay |
$110,121 | $8,165 | +233% |
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$136,820 | $8,926 | +212% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$160,164 | $13,889 | +194% |
|
Depressive Neuroses
MS-DRG 881 · Inpatient stay |
$63,536 | $8,845 | +188% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization without Major
MS-DRG 287 · Inpatient stay |
$153,910 | $10,505 | +182% |
|
Coronary Bypass with Cardiac Catheterization or Open Ablation without Major Complications
MS-DRG 234 · Inpatient stay |
$610,346 | $49,087 | +178% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$164,117 | $15,118 | +167% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,537 | $2,686 | -43% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,081 | $368 | -34% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,162 | $2,074 | -20% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,152 | $1,690 | -14% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,478 | $1,949 | -13% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$83,785 | $23,891 | -12% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay |
$221,415 | $58,743 | -8% |
|
Wound Debridement and Skin Graft Except Hand for Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue D
MS-DRG 464 · Inpatient stay |
$129,611 | $25,611 | -5% |
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.