CostGrade
C

60/100

#956 nationally

Intermountain Health Utah Valley Hospital

1034 North 500 West, Provo, UT 84604 · (801) 373-7850

Charges well above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Intermountain Health Utah Valley Hospital billed $4.37 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
4.4x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
110
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in UT
#14
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
5/5
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 17.4/35

Better than 50% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 15.1/25

Better than 60% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 19.0/30

Better than 63% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 8.6/10

Better than 86% 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
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

374 $59,519 $15,430 -9%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

328 $15,656 $2,434 -19%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

217 $17,258 $2,895 -32%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

189 $5,969 $1,691 -49%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

167 $10,764 $1,421 +7%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

151 $53,882 $11,640 -14%
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures

APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit

136 $128,097 $20,936 -3%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

124 $45,826 $10,613 +6%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

104 $16,102 $2,790 -16%
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit

101 $59,651 $9,848 -12%

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 Vascular Procedures

APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit

$10,221 $1,342 +19%
Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with

MS-DRG 543 · Inpatient stay

$47,269 $8,766 +14%
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit

$25,534 $3,355 +13%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

$10,764 $1,421 +7%
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay

$31,528 $6,775 +6%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$45,826 $10,613 +6%
Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Major

MS-DRG 981 · Inpatient stay

$193,455 $31,668 +5%
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Major Complications

MS-DRG 242 · Inpatient stay

$145,248 $27,253 +5%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay

$88,976 $34,555 -50%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

$5,969 $1,691 -49%
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Complications

MS-DRG 472 · Inpatient stay

$66,069 $23,303 -45%
Stroke (uncomplicated)

MS-DRG 066 · Inpatient stay

$20,533 $6,025 -43%
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications

MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay

$129,236 $47,845 -42%
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Central Nervous System Principal

MS-DRG 023 · Inpatient stay

$138,770 $44,318 -40%
Level 4 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures

APC 5504 · Hospital outpatient visit

$14,793 $3,464 -37%
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures

APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,548 $2,801 -36%

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.