CostGrade
A

82/100

#307 nationally

St Johns Medical Center

Po Box 428, Jackson, WY 83001 · (307) 733-3636

Charges close to what care is actually paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Johns Medical Center billed $2.94 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
2.9x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
30
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in WY
#5
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
5/5
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 30.7/35

Better than 88% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 21.3/25

Better than 85% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 21.6/30

Better than 72% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 8.0/10

Better than 80% 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
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

158 $12,033 $2,745 -38%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

142 $4,929 $2,276 -58%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

129 $40,035 $12,926 -36%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

69 $37,905 $7,101 -5%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

68 $22,859 $5,196 -17%
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit

53 $76,642 $18,669 -8%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

49 $6,000 $1,628 -40%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

44 $8,538 $2,045 -34%
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)

MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay

37 $49,171 $25,190 -39%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

32 $9,932 $1,939 -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
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

$56,943 $24,857 +3%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

$37,905 $7,101 -5%
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay

$166,868 $73,892 -6%
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit

$76,642 $18,669 -8%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

$17,063 $3,201 -11%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

$17,979 $3,250 -12%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

$9,932 $1,939 -12%
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures

APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit

$33,917 $6,548 -14%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

$4,855 $1,911 -59%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

$4,929 $2,276 -58%
Level 5 ENT Procedures

APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit

$16,802 $5,880 -51%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

$6,495 $1,614 -42%
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay

$18,702 $10,320 -42%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

$6,000 $1,628 -40%
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)

MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay

$49,171 $25,190 -39%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

$12,033 $2,745 -38%

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.
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