49/100
#1,299 nationally
Skagit Valley Hospital
1415 Kincaid Street, Mount Vernon, WA 98274 · (360) 424-4111
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Skagit Valley Hospital billed $4.68 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
- 4.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 87
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in WA
- #17
- 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 43% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 67% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 46% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 38% 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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
604 | $1,443 | $691 | -54% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
391 | $26,664 | $2,745 | +37% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
251 | $56,018 | $13,249 | -10% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
213 | $5,017 | $2,059 | -61% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
207 | $11,975 | $1,902 | about average |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
162 | $9,620 | $1,629 | -5% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
161 | $80,019 | $18,366 | +23% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
136 | $20,441 | $3,265 | -19% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
133 | $38,697 | $7,030 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
114 | $48,535 | $12,018 | +12% |
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 |
$98,740 | $17,089 | +174% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$79,609 | $16,658 | +50% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 854 · Inpatient stay |
$116,356 | $26,498 | +40% |
|
Other Factors Influencing Health Status
MS-DRG 951 · Inpatient stay |
$30,639 | $5,705 | +40% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,664 | $2,745 | +37% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$43,752 | $7,776 | +36% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$44,222 | $8,790 | +34% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$53,735 | $11,338 | +32% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,680 | $1,677 | -68% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,017 | $2,059 | -61% |
|
Level 3 ENT Procedures
APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,759 | $1,542 | -57% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,443 | $691 | -54% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,472 | $3,255 | -50% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,746 | $1,619 | -45% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,356 | $1,568 | -34% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$71,241 | $17,690 | -25% |
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.