86/100
#169 nationally
Memorial Hospital Sweetwater County
1200 College Drive, Rock Springs, WY 82901
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Memorial Hospital Sweetwater County billed $2.58 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
- 2.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 24
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in WY
- #2
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- Not rated
- 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 91% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 87% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 81% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 80% 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 |
151 | $405 | $686 | -87% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
130 | $15,869 | $2,715 | -18% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
51 | $40,831 | $24,715 | -37% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
46 | $41,203 | $13,194 | -34% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
41 | $16,587 | $5,095 | -40% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
39 | $23,332 | $7,183 | -41% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
35 | $31,458 | $15,900 | -28% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
35 | $21,386 | $5,794 | -39% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
34 | $8,040 | $2,045 | -38% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
31 | $19,723 | $3,501 | -4% |
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 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,723 | $3,501 | -4% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,869 | $2,715 | -18% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,574 | $1,939 | -24% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$34,113 | $16,771 | -27% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$28,514 | $12,601 | -27% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,863 | $3,201 | -27% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$31,458 | $15,900 | -28% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,662 | $3,474 | -28% |
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 |
$405 | $686 | -87% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,287 | $1,608 | -62% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,809 | $3,827 | -50% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$27,470 | $20,617 | -50% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,332 | $7,183 | -41% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,587 | $5,095 | -40% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,836 | $1,614 | -39% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,386 | $5,794 | -39% |
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.