51/100
#1,238 nationally
St Luke's Regional Medical Center
190 East Bannock Street, Boise, ID 83712 · (208) 381-2222
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Luke's Regional Medical Center billed $4.60 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
- 4.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 183
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in ID
- #12
- 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.
Better than 35% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 81% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 51% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 38% 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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,228 | $680 | $615 | -78% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
633 | $3,037 | $1,776 | -77% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
496 | $38,725 | $11,156 | -38% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
493 | $73,841 | $15,547 | +13% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
487 | $7,809 | $1,413 | -23% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
268 | $27,242 | $5,737 | -32% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
250 | $16,899 | $2,448 | -13% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
236 | $9,809 | $1,701 | -17% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
235 | $18,701 | $4,611 | -32% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
217 | $17,335 | $2,856 | -9% |
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 |
$74,746 | $6,019 | +94% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$168,750 | $33,391 | +92% |
|
Major Chest Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 164 · Inpatient stay |
$202,724 | $29,556 | +86% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy with Major Complications
MS-DRG 896 · Inpatient stay |
$122,005 | $20,690 | +86% |
|
Major Chest Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 165 · Inpatient stay |
$149,568 | $16,676 | +80% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 331 · Inpatient stay |
$126,442 | $18,264 | +70% |
|
Stomach, Esophageal and Duodenal Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 328 · Inpatient stay |
$121,044 | $12,997 | +59% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$57,050 | $10,409 | +58% |
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 |
$680 | $615 | -78% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,037 | $1,776 | -77% |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,218 | $5,471 | -72% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,150 | $7,466 | -60% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$51,524 | $27,863 | -54% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,419 | $1,101 | -52% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$63,051 | $24,089 | -49% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$97,062 | $35,676 | -49% |
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.