12/100
#2,345 nationally
Northern Nevada Medical Center
2375 E Prater Way, Sparks, NV 89434 · (775) 331-7000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Northern Nevada Medical Center billed $8.87 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
- 8.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 53
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NV
- #9
- 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 9% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 20% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 7% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 17% 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 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
234 | $47,307 | $4,864 | +129% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
168 | $136,638 | $15,862 | +119% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
146 | $155,730 | $18,262 | +139% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
114 | $81,238 | $6,926 | +131% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
103 | $48,252 | $3,323 | +148% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
75 | $85,859 | $8,683 | +115% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
69 | $48,202 | $3,963 | +91% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
62 | $110,863 | $13,768 | +155% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
61 | $137,894 | $12,308 | +131% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
54 | $14,711 | $1,968 | +46% |
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 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$48,649 | $2,829 | +314% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$76,440 | $4,014 | +229% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$155,918 | $14,123 | +195% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$142,727 | $14,653 | +186% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$110,863 | $13,768 | +155% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$78,854 | $7,861 | +152% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,116 | $1,894 | +150% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$50,982 | $3,930 | +150% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$155,647 | $37,581 | +38% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,711 | $1,968 | +46% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay |
$355,914 | $55,462 | +48% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$60,455 | $10,306 | +60% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$201,826 | $29,319 | +62% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$218,861 | $28,752 | +65% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$140,565 | $19,140 | +69% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$83,852 | $12,610 | +73% |
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.