25/100
#2,031 nationally
Providence Alaska Medical Center
3200 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508 · (907) 562-2211
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Providence Alaska Medical Center billed $5.96 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
- 6.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 171
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AK
- #5
- 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 22% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 44% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 18% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 10% 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 |
449 | $141,250 | $22,424 | +116% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
422 | $22,546 | $2,819 | +16% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
341 | $11,524 | $1,662 | +14% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
314 | $161,204 | $24,447 | +22% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
296 | $30,168 | $3,361 | +20% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
262 | $25,874 | $3,260 | +35% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
221 | $37,632 | $5,858 | +9% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
169 | $97,153 | $13,905 | +124% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
167 | $48,575 | $5,927 | +38% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
131 | $15,751 | $2,405 | +34% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$234,950 | $27,202 | +370% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$163,053 | $17,034 | +352% |
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$284,305 | $89,438 | +324% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy with Major Complications
MS-DRG 896 · Inpatient stay |
$186,417 | $21,800 | +184% |
|
Transient Ischemia without Thrombolytic
MS-DRG 069 · Inpatient stay |
$113,545 | $15,349 | +175% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
$88,550 | $8,780 | +172% |
|
Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with Major
MS-DRG 542 · Inpatient stay |
$183,781 | $21,021 | +168% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$124,492 | $16,926 | +160% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Complications
MS-DRG 847 · Inpatient stay |
$31,261 | $13,414 | -42% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$113,174 | $33,852 | -24% |
|
Cochlear Implant Procedure
APC 5166 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$95,946 | $34,505 | -21% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,984 | $11,010 | -20% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$153,116 | $45,760 | -19% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,908 | $5,134 | -14% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$83,816 | $20,063 | -12% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,016 | $3,516 | -8% |
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.