62/100
#887 nationally
Providence St Mary Medical Center
401 W Poplar St, Walla Walla, WA 99362 · (509) 522-5900
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Providence St Mary Medical Center billed $3.97 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
- 4.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 64
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in WA
- #8
- 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 59% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 73% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 59% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 52% 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 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
295 | $12,659 | $2,499 | +8% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
189 | $47,398 | $15,850 | -27% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
182 | $50,432 | $14,053 | -19% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
176 | $8,978 | $2,066 | -21% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
135 | $6,945 | $1,743 | -31% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
127 | $15,593 | $2,919 | -20% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
84 | $40,681 | $10,523 | -6% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
82 | $16,916 | $3,416 | -33% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
74 | $36,985 | $6,069 | +5% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
74 | $30,403 | $5,562 | +11% |
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 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$76,103 | $7,010 | +93% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,312 | $4,097 | +40% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$54,363 | $7,604 | +36% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,387 | $3,461 | +34% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,549 | $3,479 | +25% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,704 | $3,426 | +19% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,403 | $5,562 | +11% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,089 | $3,719 | +8% |
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 |
$20,755 | $11,464 | -60% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,761 | $6,144 | -49% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Major Complications
MS-DRG 242 · Inpatient stay |
$74,768 | $27,192 | -46% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$46,942 | $15,740 | -38% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$35,863 | $13,037 | -37% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay |
$75,712 | $23,172 | -36% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,916 | $3,416 | -33% |
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$29,756 | $7,396 | -32% |
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.