15/100
#2,296 nationally
Northwest Medical Center
6200 North La Cholla Boulevard, Tucson, AZ 85741 · (520) 469-8100
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Northwest Medical Center billed $9.19 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
- 9.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 120
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AZ
- #44
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 15% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 15% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 32% 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 |
375 | $37,221 | $2,664 | +92% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
275 | $103,657 | $14,362 | +59% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
234 | $47,700 | $3,383 | +131% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
211 | $100,548 | $12,761 | +61% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
192 | $41,883 | $3,159 | +66% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
178 | $17,414 | $1,855 | +48% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
167 | $64,347 | $5,022 | +134% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
155 | $74,582 | $9,664 | +72% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
128 | $78,162 | $5,562 | +123% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
126 | $136,574 | $9,804 | +129% |
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 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$63,359 | $3,374 | +172% |
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Neoplasm without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 658 · Inpatient stay |
$189,301 | $10,835 | +147% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,503 | $1,986 | +144% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$64,347 | $5,022 | +134% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$47,700 | $3,383 | +131% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,053 | $3,040 | +131% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$136,574 | $9,804 | +129% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$78,162 | $5,562 | +123% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications
MS-DRG 176 · Inpatient stay |
$33,680 | $6,125 | -4% |
|
Disorders of the Biliary Tract with Major Complications
MS-DRG 444 · Inpatient stay |
$76,923 | $12,506 | +7% |
|
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 432 · Inpatient stay |
$88,577 | $14,987 | +11% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 390 · Inpatient stay |
$26,981 | $4,407 | +12% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$217,224 | $36,298 | +15% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$45,502 | $6,550 | +18% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$80,741 | $11,005 | +19% |
|
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major
MS-DRG 441 · Inpatient stay |
$92,694 | $14,480 | +22% |
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.