CostGrade
B

73/100

#542 nationally

Intermountain Health St Vincent Regional Hospital

1233 N 30Th St, Billings, MT 59107 · (406) 657-7000

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Intermountain Health St Vincent Regional Hospital billed $3.62 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
3.6x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
115
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in MT
#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.

Inpatient charge markup 21.8/35

Better than 62% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 20.9/25

Better than 84% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 22.5/30

Better than 75% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 7.7/10

Better than 77% 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

718 $9,155 $2,540 -53%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

440 $36,828 $15,295 -44%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

357 $38,965 $12,172 -38%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

255 $14,175 $3,034 -44%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

221 $6,511 $1,497 -35%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

164 $6,602 $1,784 -44%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

126 $21,752 $5,341 -38%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

123 $30,638 $6,664 -23%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

112 $11,423 $2,988 -40%
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit

109 $11,929 $2,664 -33%

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
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay

$119,544 $23,750 +10%
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay

$193,590 $38,795 +9%
Coronary Bypass without Cardiac Catheterization without Major Complications

MS-DRG 236 · Inpatient stay

$196,781 $31,119 +7%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,987 $1,810 +6%
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major

MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay

$199,759 $36,723 +5%
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures

APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit

$83,956 $20,459 +4%
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures

APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit

$114,240 $29,027 about average
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit

$93,883 $16,406 about average

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Seizures without Major Complications

MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay

$16,404 $7,749 -60%
Seizures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay

$33,754 $15,310 -58%
Kidney Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay

$24,421 $11,790 -54%
Diabetes (with complications)

MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay

$16,052 $7,185 -54%
Fracture, Sprain, Strain and Dislocation Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without

MS-DRG 563 · Inpatient stay

$17,175 $6,745 -53%
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)

MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay

$83,460 $38,135 -53%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

$9,155 $2,540 -53%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

$9,845 $3,215 -52%

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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