25/100
#2,030 nationally
Portneuf Medical Center
777 Hospital Way, Pocatello, ID 83201 · (208) 239-1000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Portneuf Medical Center billed $6.68 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
- 6.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 71
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in ID
- #14
- 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.
Better than 29% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 20% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 22% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 28% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
223 | $82,635 | $19,852 | +27% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
193 | $1,891 | $657 | -40% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
165 | $43,028 | $3,118 | +70% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
137 | $13,797 | $1,557 | +37% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
118 | $9,906 | $1,963 | -23% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
103 | $24,037 | $2,613 | +24% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
89 | $104,569 | $12,418 | +67% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
78 | $30,794 | $3,072 | +61% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
77 | $47,830 | $5,504 | +36% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
76 | $48,579 | $4,935 | +77% |
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 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,022 | $1,526 | +203% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$186,792 | $19,305 | +124% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,778 | $2,181 | +94% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$148,842 | $19,633 | +86% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$64,257 | $5,442 | +86% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$185,224 | $19,609 | +82% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$92,650 | $10,283 | +80% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$53,272 | $7,511 | +79% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,891 | $657 | -40% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,906 | $1,963 | -23% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,857 | $2,482 | -22% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$67,601 | $18,460 | -5% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$31,179 | $8,770 | about average |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$32,538 | $7,747 | about average |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$49,433 | $11,729 | about average |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$58,975 | $16,424 | +7% |
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.