4/100
#2,550 nationally
St Joseph's Hospital
350 North Wilmot Road, Tucson, AZ 85711 · (520) 873-3000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Joseph's Hospital billed $13.93 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
- 13.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 80
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AZ
- #53
- 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 0% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 8% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 4% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 4% 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 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
196 | $77,749 | $5,540 | +121% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
152 | $142,052 | $14,780 | +118% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
119 | $43,202 | $3,183 | +71% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
96 | $63,635 | $5,004 | +132% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
88 | $50,265 | $2,621 | +159% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
82 | $215,438 | $12,541 | +245% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
79 | $35,160 | $3,940 | +70% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
73 | $58,027 | $5,358 | +61% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
53 | $44,833 | $3,358 | +117% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
48 | $161,540 | $14,859 | +112% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 025 · Inpatient stay |
$1,113,440 | $64,829 | +479% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$108,575 | $3,243 | +367% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$640,919 | $28,308 | +342% |
|
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 472 · Inpatient stay |
$515,516 | $24,160 | +331% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$157,950 | $6,976 | +296% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$324,843 | $16,101 | +290% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$308,825 | $14,912 | +286% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$117,271 | $6,659 | +256% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Hernia Procedures Except Inguinal and Femoral without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 355 · Inpatient stay |
$67,401 | $10,456 | about average |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$161,611 | $23,098 | +22% |
|
Concussion with Complications
MS-DRG 089 · Inpatient stay |
$112,745 | $8,803 | +27% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$72,176 | $9,442 | +49% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$123,824 | $13,542 | +53% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$58,027 | $5,358 | +61% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,160 | $3,940 | +70% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$43,202 | $3,183 | +71% |
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.