57/100
#1,044 nationally
Fairbanks Memorial Hospital
1650 Cowles Street, Fairbanks, AK 99701 · (907) 452-8181
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Fairbanks Memorial Hospital billed $3.34 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
- 3.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 55
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AK
- #3
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 70% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 38% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 13% 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 |
276 | $22,038 | $2,973 | +13% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
275 | $8,526 | $2,535 | -27% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
121 | $5,926 | $1,747 | -41% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
102 | $89,059 | $27,349 | +147% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
96 | $86,759 | $33,271 | +33% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
94 | $17,466 | $5,615 | -36% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
85 | $15,859 | $3,760 | -23% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
67 | $38,535 | $3,583 | +53% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
59 | $16,977 | $3,504 | -11% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
51 | $21,503 | $6,149 | -39% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$109,979 | $13,263 | +269% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$89,059 | $27,349 | +147% |
|
Depressive Neuroses
MS-DRG 881 · Inpatient stay |
$52,762 | $14,418 | +140% |
|
Other Factors Influencing Health Status
MS-DRG 951 · Inpatient stay |
$33,917 | $9,709 | +55% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$60,424 | $17,829 | +54% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$38,535 | $3,583 | +53% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$44,404 | $14,048 | +46% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$50,388 | $6,295 | +46% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,719 | $11,240 | -59% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,023 | $2,049 | -57% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,477 | $6,943 | -51% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,926 | $1,747 | -41% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,960 | $5,426 | -40% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,684 | $3,117 | -40% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,503 | $6,149 | -39% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,936 | $3,429 | -37% |
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.