14/100
#2,312 nationally
Mat-Su Regional Medical Center
2500 South Woodworth Loop, Palmer, AK 99645 · (907) 861-6000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mat-Su Regional Medical Center billed $7.37 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
- 7.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 70
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AK
- #6
- 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 23% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 11% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 9% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 5% 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 |
481 | $40,690 | $3,001 | +109% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
290 | $119,960 | $25,600 | +84% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
233 | $135,371 | $14,301 | +117% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
134 | $70,442 | $3,589 | +179% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
118 | $71,263 | $7,873 | +79% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
107 | $56,614 | $6,238 | +61% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
98 | $112,014 | $16,258 | +158% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
87 | $362,365 | $20,115 | +336% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
80 | $20,270 | $1,770 | +101% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
79 | $20,931 | $2,103 | +78% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$229,703 | $25,649 | +537% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$362,365 | $20,115 | +336% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$122,123 | $17,336 | +233% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$103,621 | $6,318 | +199% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$195,003 | $11,934 | +188% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$70,442 | $3,589 | +179% |
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$122,116 | $15,384 | +179% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
$86,281 | $10,874 | +165% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$105,423 | $10,743 | +10% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$81,831 | $11,095 | +37% |
|
Seizures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay |
$56,816 | $11,525 | +39% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$79,299 | $20,742 | +40% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,333 | $4,214 | +40% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
$253,183 | $80,840 | +43% |
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,388 | $4,234 | +43% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,406 | $3,084 | +44% |
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.