64/100
#823 nationally
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
1055 North Curtis Road, Boise, ID 83706 · (208) 367-2121
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center billed $3.79 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
- 3.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 140
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in ID
- #6
- 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 52% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 90% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 61% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 46% 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 |
326 | $38,646 | $12,516 | -38% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
230 | $26,185 | $6,925 | -34% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
222 | $72,828 | $17,201 | +12% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
171 | $18,414 | $3,146 | -27% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
127 | $5,965 | $1,519 | -41% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
123 | $7,656 | $1,830 | -35% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
120 | $24,854 | $5,548 | -29% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
114 | $87,816 | $22,928 | -34% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
112 | $17,631 | $2,632 | -9% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
98 | $60,126 | $10,671 | +39% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$76,355 | $15,793 | +112% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$72,775 | $13,896 | +54% |
|
Stomach, Esophageal and Duodenal Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 326 · Inpatient stay |
$338,714 | $99,653 | +52% |
|
Seizures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay |
$58,306 | $7,695 | +43% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$60,126 | $10,671 | +39% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$71,018 | $14,186 | +34% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$114,977 | $18,886 | +31% |
|
Hypertension without Major Complications
MS-DRG 305 · Inpatient stay |
$43,329 | $6,932 | +29% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,437 | $1,607 | -70% |
|
Implantation Wireless Pa Pressure Monitor
APC 5200 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$45,585 | $28,051 | -67% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,035 | $8,223 | -60% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$60,864 | $31,747 | -59% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 273 · Inpatient stay |
$79,753 | $30,492 | -57% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$45,872 | $18,816 | -52% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,522 | $10,326 | -50% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,495 | $1,550 | -48% |
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.