53/100
#1,176 nationally
Valleywise Health Medical Center
2601 East Roosevelt Street, Phoenix, AZ 85008 · (602) 344-5011
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Valleywise Health Medical Center billed $2.88 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
- 10
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AZ
- #11
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 1/5
- 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 80% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 30% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 45% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 45% 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 |
95 | $24,853 | $2,669 | +28% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
57 | $91,865 | $35,300 | +41% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
33 | $12,584 | $2,273 | +7% |
|
Full Thickness Burn with Skin Graft or Inhalation Injury with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 928 · Inpatient stay |
25 | $325,186 | $100,629 | +18% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
20 | $41,065 | $28,494 | -5% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
17 | $8,540 | $1,581 | -15% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
15 | $36,292 | $23,176 | +19% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
13 | $33,988 | $31,692 | -50% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
11 | $50,953 | $25,630 | +5% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
11 | $8,174 | $1,856 | -30% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$91,865 | $35,300 | +41% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,853 | $2,669 | +28% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$36,292 | $23,176 | +19% |
|
Full Thickness Burn with Skin Graft or Inhalation Injury with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 928 · Inpatient stay |
$325,186 | $100,629 | +18% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,584 | $2,273 | +7% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$50,953 | $25,630 | +5% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$41,065 | $28,494 | -5% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,540 | $1,581 | -15% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$33,988 | $31,692 | -50% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,174 | $1,856 | -30% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,540 | $1,581 | -15% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$41,065 | $28,494 | -5% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$50,953 | $25,630 | +5% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,584 | $2,273 | +7% |
|
Full Thickness Burn with Skin Graft or Inhalation Injury with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 928 · Inpatient stay |
$325,186 | $100,629 | +18% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$36,292 | $23,176 | +19% |
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.