CostGrade
A

83/100

#261 nationally

Fort Defiance Indian Hospital

Po Box 649, Ft. Defiance, AZ 86504 · (928) 729-8000

Charges close to what care is actually paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Fort Defiance Indian Hospital billed $1.33 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
1.3x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
12
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in AZ
#3
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
Not rated
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.

Inpatient charge markup 33.3/35

Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 12.5/25

Not published for this hospital — scored at 50% of the component rather than zero, because an absent figure is not a bad one.

Price level vs national median 28.5/30

Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 8.7/10

Better than 87% 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
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

25 $18,352 $14,160 -62%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay

25 $21,809 $10,016 -29%
Pneumonia (with complications)

MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay

23 $17,886 $10,503 -44%
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay

23 $14,948 $10,233 -50%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

20 $14,920 $21,310 -77%
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay

19 $10,166 $10,045 -68%
Skin Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay

16 $14,473 $10,924 -53%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

15 $17,282 $12,190 -56%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

14 $17,939 $15,280 -61%
Diabetes (with complications)

MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay

14 $21,058 $11,201 -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
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay

$21,809 $10,016 -29%
Diabetes (with complications)

MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay

$21,058 $11,201 -39%
Pneumonia (with complications)

MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay

$17,886 $10,503 -44%
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay

$14,948 $10,233 -50%
Skin Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay

$14,473 $10,924 -53%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

$17,282 $12,190 -56%
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay

$15,711 $13,910 -61%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

$17,939 $15,280 -61%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

$14,920 $21,310 -77%
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Complications

MS-DRG 442 · Inpatient stay

$12,014 $11,727 -71%
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay

$10,166 $10,045 -68%
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

$18,352 $14,160 -62%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

$17,939 $15,280 -61%
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay

$15,711 $13,910 -61%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

$17,282 $12,190 -56%
Skin Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay

$14,473 $10,924 -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.
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