74/100
#525 nationally
Sky Lakes Medical Center
2865 Daggett Avenue, Klamath Falls, OR 97601 · (541) 882-6311
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Sky Lakes Medical Center billed $3.01 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
- 3.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 63
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in OR
- #11
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 77% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 90% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 63% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 60% 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 |
183 | $1,878 | $888 | -40% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
143 | $15,021 | $3,559 | -23% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
142 | $58,821 | $22,620 | -10% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
140 | $57,341 | $17,077 | -8% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
111 | $9,218 | $2,099 | -9% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
88 | $21,724 | $4,244 | -14% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
87 | $12,131 | $4,093 | -40% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
76 | $33,970 | $15,220 | -27% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
72 | $25,296 | $9,298 | -37% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
63 | $40,680 | $15,072 | -6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$98,636 | $17,645 | +47% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$42,625 | $9,710 | +40% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$50,385 | $13,168 | +28% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,543 | $2,207 | +28% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$35,179 | $10,162 | +18% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,742 | $7,433 | +3% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$68,881 | $14,280 | about average |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,180 | $8,478 | about average |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,802 | $3,030 | -68% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,894 | $2,474 | -58% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,170 | $2,090 | -54% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$31,035 | $18,578 | -45% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$29,732 | $14,744 | -42% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$39,663 | $18,120 | -42% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,131 | $4,093 | -40% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,878 | $888 | -40% |
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.