43/100
#1,505 nationally
Verde Valley Medical Center
269 South Candy Lane, Cottonwood, AZ 86326 · (928) 773-2357
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Verde Valley Medical Center billed $4.65 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
- 61
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AZ
- #21
- 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 38% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 71% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 33% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 24% 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 |
300 | $17,221 | $2,843 | -11% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
106 | $99,209 | $22,783 | +52% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
86 | $7,882 | $1,693 | -22% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
72 | $30,112 | $6,026 | -14% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
70 | $32,169 | $3,409 | +27% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
60 | $70,210 | $14,520 | +62% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
54 | $88,620 | $19,110 | +61% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
51 | $72,548 | $15,208 | +56% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
46 | $44,238 | $13,196 | -29% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
38 | $18,949 | $3,613 | -19% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$56,656 | $9,085 | +85% |
|
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Complications
MS-DRG 372 · Inpatient stay |
$73,202 | $12,080 | +84% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$57,777 | $9,086 | +79% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$54,175 | $10,217 | +78% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$54,103 | $8,737 | +73% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$52,446 | $8,557 | +71% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$87,782 | $17,206 | +66% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$94,080 | $19,135 | +66% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,891 | $2,127 | -62% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,679 | $2,968 | -40% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$51,418 | $19,416 | -38% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,550 | $1,987 | -36% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,919 | $7,471 | -30% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,238 | $13,196 | -29% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,173 | $1,787 | -28% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,167 | $1,678 | -27% |
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.