CostGrade
C

56/100

#1,072 nationally

Kadlec Regional Medical Center

888 Swift Blvd, Richland, WA 99352 · (509) 946-4611

Charges well above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Kadlec Regional Medical Center billed $4.40 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
179
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in WA
#11
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 15.6/35

Better than 45% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 17.9/25

Better than 72% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 15.4/30

Better than 51% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 6.8/10

Better than 68% 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
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

791 $1,553 $686 -50%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

550 $21,367 $2,714 +10%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

516 $74,534 $17,609 +14%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

500 $7,901 $1,602 -22%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

369 $25,712 $3,251 about average
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

337 $6,360 $2,020 -51%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

317 $58,222 $13,115 -7%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

268 $51,499 $11,142 +19%
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit

262 $28,927 $5,702 -16%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

257 $16,433 $3,177 -14%

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
Major Chest Procedures without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 165 · Inpatient stay

$131,577 $15,903 +58%
Other Factors Influencing Health Status

MS-DRG 951 · Inpatient stay

$31,770 $5,990 +45%
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications

MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay

$41,415 $8,095 +32%
Seizures without Major Complications

MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay

$51,373 $8,084 +26%
Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Complications

MS-DRG 439 · Inpatient stay

$45,186 $8,615 +26%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications

MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay

$46,615 $8,010 +25%
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay

$68,902 $12,988 +22%
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay

$79,783 $17,106 +20%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit

$4,678 $1,703 -59%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

$5,073 $1,938 -55%
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures

APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit

$52,631 $31,071 -53%
Level 3 ENT Procedures

APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit

$3,047 $1,476 -52%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$6,360 $2,020 -51%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

$1,553 $686 -50%
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures

APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit

$70,888 $23,612 -47%
Level 2 Vascular Procedures

APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit

$4,788 $1,596 -44%

What this page cannot tell you

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  • 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.
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