CostGrade
F

14/100

#2,314 nationally

Oro Valley Hospital

1551 East Tangerine Road, Oro Valley, AZ 85755 · (520) 901-3500

Among the highest charge markups in the country

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Oro Valley Hospital billed $8.99 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
9.0x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
53
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in AZ
#46
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.

Inpatient charge markup 4.0/35

Better than 11% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 3.9/25

Better than 16% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 4.6/30

Better than 15% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 2.0/10

Better than 20% 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

426 $110,504 $12,683 +77%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

413 $44,080 $2,669 +127%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

166 $85,366 $13,599 +31%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

130 $73,372 $9,046 +69%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

119 $73,646 $6,821 +85%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

92 $19,321 $1,824 +64%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

92 $73,241 $5,592 +109%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

81 $46,222 $3,125 +127%
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)

MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay

66 $131,518 $13,814 +65%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

58 $69,862 $11,952 +27%

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 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit

$167,200 $9,814 +180%
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures

APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit

$83,615 $4,850 +179%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

$30,736 $1,883 +171%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures

APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit

$59,104 $3,374 +154%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

$25,405 $1,581 +152%
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit

$41,408 $2,771 +134%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

$46,222 $3,125 +127%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

$44,080 $2,669 +127%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay

$56,970 $11,477 about average
Heart Attack (severe)

MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay

$67,743 $10,141 +10%
Kidney Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay

$63,529 $10,571 +20%
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

$58,737 $8,990 +21%
Lower Extremity and Humerus Procedures Except Hip, Foot and Femur with Complications

MS-DRG 493 · Inpatient stay

$123,511 $16,743 +21%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

$69,862 $11,952 +27%
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe)

MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay

$153,561 $19,514 +31%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

$85,366 $13,599 +31%

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.