CostGrade
B

70/100

#649 nationally

Providence Medford Medical Center

1111 Crater Lake Avenue, Medford, OR 97504 · (541) 732-5000

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Providence Medford Medical Center billed $3.32 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
3.3x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
73
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in OR
#16
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.

Inpatient charge markup 23.7/35

Better than 68% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 22.6/25

Better than 90% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 17.3/30

Better than 58% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 6.7/10

Better than 67% 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

225 $45,351 $15,897 -27%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

198 $63,575 $20,644 about average
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

180 $20,707 $6,255 -25%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

161 $5,796 $1,953 -43%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

158 $16,996 $4,211 -18%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

123 $9,739 $2,460 -25%
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit

93 $55,805 $12,480 -7%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

83 $19,352 $3,833 about average
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

81 $32,279 $8,683 -19%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

80 $27,657 $6,936 -21%

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
Kidney Failure (with complications)

MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay

$45,112 $10,975 +37%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay

$238,970 $62,014 +33%
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

$63,437 $13,298 +31%
Diabetes (with complications)

MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay

$43,958 $9,400 +27%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

$14,148 $2,344 +25%
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay

$68,561 $14,508 +22%
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications

MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay

$36,026 $8,415 +15%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

$50,698 $13,532 +9%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,879 $3,963 -53%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

$5,796 $1,953 -43%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

$7,018 $2,310 -40%
Stroke (severe)

MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay

$45,805 $20,072 -40%
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay

$107,933 $51,282 -39%
Stroke (with complications)

MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay

$28,322 $10,291 -38%
Single Level Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Except Cervical

MS-DRG 402 · Inpatient stay

$90,553 $43,278 -37%
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures

APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit

$15,284 $4,628 -36%

What this page cannot tell you

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  • 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.
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