CostGrade
C

51/100

#1,235 nationally

Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center

235 W 6Th St, Reno, NV 89503 · (775) 770-3000

Charges well above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center billed $4.09 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
4.1x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
69
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in NV
#3
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.

Inpatient charge markup 23.5/35

Better than 67% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 9.9/25

Better than 40% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 15.9/30

Better than 53% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 1.9/10

Better than 19% 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

280 $47,725 $16,148 -27%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

182 $13,758 $2,897 -29%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

156 $17,209 $3,431 -32%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

103 $33,957 $13,530 -38%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

96 $10,956 $1,699 +9%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

91 $18,448 $2,024 +57%
Heart Attack (severe)

MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay

72 $31,375 $12,904 -49%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

64 $26,008 $10,817 -40%
Level 2 Vascular Procedures

APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit

54 $9,078 $1,716 +6%
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit

53 $94,182 $11,041 +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
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit

$83,571 $9,095 +121%
Level 7 Radiation Therapy

APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit

$125,801 $8,339 +113%
Complex GI Procedures

APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit

$52,906 $6,104 +76%
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit

$37,425 $3,976 +71%
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit

$29,833 $2,909 +69%
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit

$139,942 $19,910 +69%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

$18,448 $2,024 +57%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures

APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit

$34,870 $3,437 +50%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Diabetes with Major Complications

MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay

$21,171 $11,996 -62%
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Major Complications

MS-DRG 371 · Inpatient stay

$26,247 $13,669 -62%
Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Major Complications

MS-DRG 438 · Inpatient stay

$27,086 $13,617 -61%
Kidney Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay

$20,656 $12,007 -61%
Back Problems (severe)

MS-DRG 551 · Inpatient stay

$28,207 $13,411 -59%
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Major Complications

MS-DRG 091 · Inpatient stay

$30,327 $14,491 -57%
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Major Complications

MS-DRG 388 · Inpatient stay

$25,125 $12,532 -56%
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major Complications

MS-DRG 432 · Inpatient stay

$40,105 $16,144 -50%

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.
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