51/100
#1,228 nationally
Northwest Specialty Hospital
1593 East Polston Avenue, Post Falls, ID 83854 · (208) 262-2300
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Northwest Specialty Hospital billed $4.88 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
- 4.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 31
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in ID
- #11
- 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 30% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 71% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 62% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 38% 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 |
447 | $57,860 | $11,794 | -7% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
236 | $4,651 | $1,764 | -59% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
208 | $33,007 | $6,555 | -17% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
138 | $7,362 | $1,723 | -37% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
115 | $71,689 | $17,038 | -14% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
91 | $16,667 | $2,940 | -18% |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
88 | $37,060 | $6,266 | +41% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay |
77 | $241,812 | $50,359 | +9% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
58 | $24,941 | $5,161 | -29% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
53 | $7,492 | $1,439 | -33% |
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 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$160,791 | $28,368 | +43% |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,060 | $6,266 | +41% |
|
Level 1 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5461 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,293 | $3,117 | +20% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,276 | $3,078 | +17% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$168,703 | $29,793 | +16% |
|
Single Level Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Except Cervical
MS-DRG 402 · Inpatient stay |
$157,461 | $30,420 | +10% |
|
Multiple Level Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Except Cervical with
MS-DRG 427 · Inpatient stay |
$339,056 | $64,301 | +10% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay |
$241,812 | $50,359 | +9% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 ENT Procedures
APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,782 | $1,397 | -72% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,651 | $1,764 | -59% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,541 | $5,366 | -52% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 330 · Inpatient stay |
$50,077 | $15,597 | -50% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,135 | $1,486 | -49% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,812 | $3,194 | -48% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,638 | $4,741 | -47% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,843 | $4,557 | -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.