67/100
#728 nationally
Flagstaff Medical Center
1200 North Beaver Street, Flagstaff, AZ 86001 · (928) 779-3366
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Flagstaff Medical Center billed $3.10 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
- 3.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 111
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AZ
- #6
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 74% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 85% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 52% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 43% 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 |
475 | $16,848 | $2,830 | -13% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
172 | $89,289 | $26,631 | +37% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
135 | $38,247 | $13,453 | -39% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
113 | $51,479 | $19,173 | -38% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
105 | $30,921 | $3,316 | +23% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
104 | $20,386 | $5,935 | -42% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
95 | $25,560 | $7,471 | -36% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
86 | $59,070 | $16,641 | +36% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
79 | $52,005 | $17,394 | +12% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
76 | $95,440 | $24,432 | -28% |
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 |
$51,370 | $5,969 | +48% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)
MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay |
$55,626 | $14,353 | +47% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay |
$96,655 | $23,408 | +46% |
|
Coronary Bypass without Cardiac Catheterization without Major Complications
MS-DRG 236 · Inpatient stay |
$262,510 | $63,910 | +43% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$48,860 | $12,294 | +41% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$41,432 | $10,409 | +39% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$42,419 | $10,071 | +39% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$45,255 | $11,620 | +37% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay |
$108,603 | $78,469 | -51% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
$87,745 | $59,482 | -50% |
|
Other Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue Operating Room Procedures without
MS-DRG 517 · Inpatient stay |
$37,151 | $19,320 | -50% |
|
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 472 · Inpatient stay |
$64,066 | $37,981 | -46% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,717 | $6,116 | -46% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,621 | $3,362 | -44% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,035 | $3,911 | -43% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,386 | $5,935 | -42% |
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.