2/100
#2,603 nationally
Valley Hospital Medical Center
620 Shadow Lane, Las Vegas, NV 89106 · (702) 388-4000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Valley Hospital Medical Center billed $14.71 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
- 14.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 79
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NV
- #18
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 6% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 0% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 3% 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 |
711 | $43,224 | $2,920 | +122% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
210 | $325,909 | $20,000 | +399% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
79 | $196,532 | $13,974 | +353% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
70 | $178,465 | $13,748 | +186% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
60 | $97,971 | $6,010 | +179% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
45 | $120,195 | $8,482 | +273% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
42 | $195,854 | $11,216 | +399% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
41 | $174,277 | $13,493 | +259% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
40 | $72,231 | $3,467 | +254% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
39 | $117,913 | $7,662 | +196% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 394 · Inpatient stay |
$221,930 | $9,431 | +471% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$64,283 | $2,002 | +466% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$315,375 | $14,349 | +459% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$292,066 | $16,853 | +431% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$325,909 | $20,000 | +399% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$195,854 | $11,216 | +399% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$254,361 | $17,023 | +380% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$196,532 | $13,974 | +353% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$65,975 | $7,330 | +71% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy with Major Complications
MS-DRG 896 · Inpatient stay |
$139,082 | $16,990 | +112% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$43,224 | $2,920 | +122% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$151,716 | $16,316 | +123% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$333,825 | $32,090 | +125% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$135,339 | $11,012 | +127% |
|
Postoperative and Post-traumatic Infections with Major Complications
MS-DRG 862 · Inpatient stay |
$170,131 | $17,373 | +129% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$101,228 | $11,417 | +142% |
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.