58/100
#1,024 nationally
St Lukes Magic Valley Medical Center
801 Pole Line Road West, Twin Falls, ID 83301 · (208) 814-1000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Lukes Magic Valley Medical Center billed $4.27 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
- 4.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 80
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in ID
- #8
- 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 44% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 80% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 60% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 42% 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 |
316 | $14,188 | $2,585 | -27% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
286 | $9,952 | $1,829 | -15% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
244 | $62,176 | $15,425 | -5% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
191 | $8,936 | $1,544 | -11% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
176 | $39,462 | $12,354 | -37% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
127 | $550 | $656 | -82% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
124 | $25,591 | $3,127 | about average |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
114 | $9,981 | $3,031 | -48% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
111 | $17,191 | $1,826 | +51% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
108 | $16,225 | $4,950 | -41% |
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 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$73,153 | $6,597 | +90% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$223,873 | $37,453 | +54% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,191 | $1,826 | +51% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$44,084 | $6,637 | +44% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$62,964 | $9,792 | +33% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$91,451 | $16,066 | +17% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,938 | $2,999 | +16% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$94,993 | $15,673 | +14% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$550 | $656 | -82% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,305 | $1,963 | -67% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,718 | $7,962 | -61% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$49,350 | $28,805 | -56% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,262 | $1,636 | -54% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,056 | $1,510 | -53% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,802 | $10,179 | -48% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,981 | $3,031 | -48% |
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.