29/100
#1,920 nationally
St Josephs Hospital And Medical Center
350 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ 85013 · (602) 406-8225
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Josephs Hospital And Medical Center billed $5.45 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
- 5.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 151
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AZ
- #31
- 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 30% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 32% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 25% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 28% 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 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
393 | $22,323 | $3,622 | about average |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
283 | $25,566 | $3,145 | about average |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
227 | $86,562 | $21,950 | +33% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
219 | $17,301 | $1,821 | +47% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
204 | $185,059 | $23,098 | +40% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
188 | $22,515 | $2,608 | +16% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
157 | $29,512 | $3,331 | +43% |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 025 · Inpatient stay |
137 | $296,097 | $48,141 | +54% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
136 | $63,087 | $5,594 | +80% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
128 | $64,355 | $4,312 | +78% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Respiratory System Diagnoses without Major Complications
MS-DRG 206 · Inpatient stay |
$143,034 | $15,782 | +210% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$94,923 | $17,901 | +194% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$66,256 | $3,374 | +185% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Complications
MS-DRG 092 · Inpatient stay |
$112,466 | $17,962 | +150% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,504 | $1,883 | +107% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,020 | $1,581 | +99% |
|
Other Respiratory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 205 · Inpatient stay |
$148,767 | $25,058 | +95% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$66,101 | $5,573 | +91% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5463 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,231 | $13,262 | -43% |
|
Limb Reattachment, Hip and Femur Procedures for Multiple Significant Trauma
MS-DRG 956 · Inpatient stay |
$134,008 | $35,379 | -25% |
|
Headaches without Major Complications
MS-DRG 103 · Inpatient stay |
$37,654 | $11,049 | -18% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$95,047 | $29,493 | -16% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Major Complications
MS-DRG 453 · Inpatient stay |
$414,941 | $89,928 | -6% |
|
Ventricular Shunt Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 032 · Inpatient stay |
$95,060 | $22,469 | -6% |
|
Cochlear Implant Procedure
APC 5166 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$115,925 | $32,600 | -5% |
|
Cardiac Valve and Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures with Cardiac Catheterization Wit
MS-DRG 216 · Inpatient stay |
$427,466 | $95,562 | -4% |
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.