79/100
#383 nationally
Providence Portland Medical Center
4805 Ne Glisan Street, Portland, OR 97213 · (503) 215-1111
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Providence Portland Medical Center billed $2.84 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
- 2.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 121
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in OR
- #8
- 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 81% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 80% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 78% 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 |
304 | $47,383 | $20,366 | -27% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
193 | $9,274 | $1,997 | -21% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
168 | $7,580 | $1,701 | -25% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
137 | $10,794 | $3,407 | -57% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
118 | $15,330 | $3,316 | -20% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
114 | $30,291 | $6,054 | -14% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
112 | $34,081 | $13,192 | -21% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
110 | $37,322 | $15,828 | -39% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
109 | $11,433 | $2,851 | -41% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
94 | $39,520 | $13,657 | -37% |
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 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$96,717 | $8,170 | +64% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,693 | $5,219 | about average |
|
Carotid Artery Stent Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 036 · Inpatient stay |
$71,005 | $16,655 | about average |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,994 | $8,911 | about average |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$30,487 | $8,170 | about average |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$34,714 | $10,282 | -5% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,772 | $5,684 | -7% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$54,631 | $10,790 | -9% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Major Chest Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 164 · Inpatient stay |
$42,660 | $24,913 | -61% |
|
Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Major
MS-DRG 981 · Inpatient stay |
$75,530 | $45,855 | -59% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,794 | $3,407 | -57% |
|
Major Chest Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 163 · Inpatient stay |
$80,415 | $42,619 | -54% |
|
Stomach, Esophageal and Duodenal Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 326 · Inpatient stay |
$102,566 | $50,796 | -54% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Major Complications
MS-DRG 091 · Inpatient stay |
$32,925 | $18,528 | -54% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization without Major
MS-DRG 287 · Inpatient stay |
$25,306 | $11,567 | -54% |
|
Major Chest Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 165 · Inpatient stay |
$39,093 | $21,726 | -53% |
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.