43/100
#1,500 nationally
Sutter Amador Hospital
200 Mission Blvd, Jackson, CA 95642 · (209) 223-7500
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Sutter Amador Hospital billed $3.64 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
- 3.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 20
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #55
- 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 66% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 33% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 30% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 32% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
214 | $77,005 | $25,623 | +18% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
140 | $37,253 | $3,744 | +92% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
61 | $14,373 | $3,188 | +22% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
59 | $60,288 | $17,217 | +39% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
52 | $55,047 | $12,974 | +40% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
22 | $63,878 | $16,592 | +37% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
22 | $82,632 | $24,978 | about average |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
20 | $49,214 | $13,594 | +19% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
19 | $4,959 | $2,218 | -51% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
19 | $30,540 | $4,360 | +60% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,253 | $3,744 | +92% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$52,711 | $9,915 | +63% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,540 | $4,360 | +60% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$45,671 | $10,139 | +53% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$70,454 | $15,606 | +46% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$64,814 | $21,644 | +42% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$55,047 | $12,974 | +40% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$60,288 | $17,217 | +39% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,959 | $2,218 | -51% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,697 | $2,199 | -40% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$82,632 | $24,978 | about average |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$177,439 | $60,725 | about average |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$61,744 | $20,946 | +9% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$77,005 | $25,623 | +18% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$49,214 | $13,594 | +19% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,373 | $3,188 | +22% |
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.