CostGrade
B

78/100

#405 nationally

Monument Health Spearfish Hospital

1440 N Main St, Spearfish, SD 57783 · (605) 644-4000

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Monument Health Spearfish Hospital billed $3.99 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
4.0x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
26
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in SD
#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 28.8/35

Better than 82% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 19.3/25

Better than 77% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 21.4/30

Better than 71% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 8.5/10

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
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

155 $60,504 $13,194 -3%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

85 $25,895 $5,670 -26%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

82 $6,342 $1,618 -37%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

69 $14,162 $2,717 -27%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

60 $30,382 $6,873 -24%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

60 $9,250 $2,340 -21%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

57 $7,351 $1,910 -37%
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit

56 $74,240 $18,365 -11%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

52 $9,002 $1,614 -20%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

51 $15,418 $3,199 -24%

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 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

$60,504 $13,194 -3%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$40,454 $12,740 -7%
Level 5 ENT Procedures

APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit

$31,315 $5,880 -9%
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures

APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit

$35,522 $6,548 -10%
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit

$74,240 $18,365 -11%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

$9,716 $1,939 -14%
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications

MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay

$71,796 $21,749 -16%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures

APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit

$19,417 $3,474 -16%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit

$4,726 $1,535 -59%
Level 3 ENT Procedures

APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit

$2,820 $1,531 -56%
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit

$34,098 $10,327 -43%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

$7,351 $1,910 -37%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

$40,916 $20,847 -37%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

$6,342 $1,618 -37%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

$29,405 $13,674 -37%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay

$19,887 $8,069 -35%

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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