27/100
#1,965 nationally
Providence St Joseph Hospital
2700 Dolbeer St, Eureka, CA 95501 · (707) 445-8121
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Providence St Joseph Hospital billed $5.87 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
- 5.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 97
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #123
- 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 26% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 39% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 16% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 27% 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 |
390 | $116,737 | $22,151 | +79% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
269 | $39,936 | $3,356 | +106% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
177 | $17,432 | $1,977 | +73% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
166 | $94,768 | $16,148 | +52% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
148 | $21,857 | $1,482 | +93% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
144 | $56,275 | $7,094 | +60% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
137 | $76,499 | $14,298 | +76% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
132 | $36,826 | $3,919 | +93% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
131 | $68,620 | $8,688 | +72% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
121 | $23,587 | $4,013 | -7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
$83,346 | $9,522 | +156% |
|
Other Factors Influencing Health Status
MS-DRG 951 · Inpatient stay |
$54,571 | $6,809 | +149% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$107,432 | $11,313 | +142% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$68,147 | $9,171 | +129% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$71,248 | $9,927 | +128% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,945 | $1,969 | +121% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,763 | $1,976 | +121% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$70,416 | $9,455 | +118% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,303 | $13,108 | -24% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$120,425 | $40,316 | -19% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications
MS-DRG 243 · Inpatient stay |
$87,557 | $26,412 | -7% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,587 | $4,013 | -7% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,919 | $7,027 | -5% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Major Complications
MS-DRG 242 · Inpatient stay |
$141,075 | $37,279 | about average |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$157,321 | $33,245 | +9% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$96,620 | $22,522 | +10% |
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.