18/100
#2,209 nationally
Honor Health John C. Lincoln Medical Center
250 East Dunlap Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85020 · (602) 943-2381
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Honor Health John C. Lincoln Medical Center billed $7.98 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
- 8.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 105
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AZ
- #37
- 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 25% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 18% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 28% 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 |
436 | $30,567 | $2,664 | +57% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
211 | $121,110 | $15,567 | +86% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
171 | $25,227 | $3,129 | about average |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
142 | $138,475 | $25,372 | +11% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
121 | $100,957 | $12,642 | +62% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
112 | $159,102 | $23,098 | +20% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
91 | $14,322 | $1,553 | +42% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
82 | $19,673 | $1,864 | +73% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
78 | $78,209 | $10,633 | +80% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
77 | $33,262 | $2,008 | +88% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay |
$700,889 | $73,949 | +216% |
|
Level 6 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5416 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$99,611 | $7,369 | +144% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$67,213 | $4,850 | +124% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$86,865 | $6,976 | +118% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$75,394 | $5,514 | +115% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
$372,664 | $37,817 | +111% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$101,632 | $10,055 | +110% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$149,215 | $15,217 | +110% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,087 | $303 | -33% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,937 | $1,562 | -7% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,227 | $3,129 | about average |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$39,159 | $7,411 | +5% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 310 · Inpatient stay |
$26,510 | $5,387 | +5% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,051 | $1,856 | +11% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$138,475 | $25,372 | +11% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$62,817 | $11,580 | +11% |
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.