76/100
#475 nationally
University Of Utah Hospital And Clinics
50 North Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84132 · (801) 581-2121
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, University Of Utah Hospital And Clinics billed $2.94 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
- 2.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 233
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in UT
- #11
- 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 78% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 87% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 73% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 54% 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 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,739 | $7,056 | $2,066 | -40% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,158 | $2,134 | $520 | -32% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
765 | $8,051 | $1,717 | -29% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
606 | $4,748 | $1,671 | -63% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
600 | $7,343 | $1,614 | -38% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
566 | $12,018 | $2,515 | -32% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
562 | $5,877 | $1,425 | -42% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
449 | $33,674 | $11,484 | -46% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
368 | $11,943 | $2,812 | -38% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
320 | $64,101 | $23,128 | about average |
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 3 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5463 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$138,383 | $12,186 | +137% |
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$112,081 | $35,651 | +67% |
|
Respiratory Infection (with complications)
MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay |
$58,040 | $15,709 | +56% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,973 | $1,413 | +51% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$63,869 | $23,013 | +35% |
|
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Complications
MS-DRG 847 · Inpatient stay |
$65,777 | $16,573 | +23% |
|
Level 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$72,596 | $6,976 | +23% |
|
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 846 · Inpatient stay |
$129,295 | $44,679 | +20% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Major Male Pelvic Procedures with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 707 · Inpatient stay |
$30,755 | $19,865 | -68% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,884 | $1,418 | -65% |
|
Major Male Pelvic Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 708 · Inpatient stay |
$30,409 | $15,943 | -65% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,748 | $1,671 | -63% |
|
Multiple Level Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Except Cervical with
MS-DRG 427 · Inpatient stay |
$123,014 | $65,638 | -60% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical with Spinal Curvature, Malignancy, Infection or Extensive
MS-DRG 457 · Inpatient stay |
$118,378 | $54,564 | -59% |
|
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,038 | $2,024 | -58% |
|
Pancreas, Liver and Shunt Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 406 · Inpatient stay |
$59,295 | $28,347 | -58% |
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.