21/100
#2,159 nationally
St Francis Community Hospital
34515 9Th Avenue South, Federal Way, WA 98003 · (253) 944-8100
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Francis Community Hospital billed $6.49 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
- 6.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 57
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in WA
- #42
- 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.
Better than 24% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 18% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 18% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 25% 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 |
261 | $102,899 | $18,519 | +58% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
212 | $29,578 | $2,744 | +52% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
148 | $14,896 | $1,933 | +27% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
79 | $56,352 | $12,118 | +30% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
56 | $34,458 | $3,290 | +37% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
53 | $84,239 | $7,306 | +111% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
53 | $117,374 | $13,419 | +88% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
53 | $75,713 | $5,716 | +116% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
50 | $84,491 | $14,831 | +38% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
47 | $14,330 | $1,628 | +42% |
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 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$71,215 | $3,893 | +199% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$48,979 | $3,141 | +140% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)
MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay |
$89,316 | $14,616 | +137% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$75,713 | $5,716 | +116% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$126,872 | $10,503 | +112% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$84,239 | $7,306 | +111% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$43,069 | $3,561 | +109% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$55,853 | $5,063 | +103% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,114 | $2,080 | -14% |
|
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 270 · Inpatient stay |
$202,526 | $55,426 | -10% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$154,247 | $27,919 | +7% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,743 | $8,674 | +18% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$36,695 | $8,890 | +20% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,118 | $2,865 | +21% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$125,812 | $18,865 | +24% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$58,707 | $12,318 | +26% |
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.