2/100
#2,604 nationally
Western Arizona Regional Medical Center
2735 Silver Creek Road, Bullhead City, AZ 86442 · (928) 763-2273
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Western Arizona Regional Medical Center billed $14.89 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
- 14.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 50
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AZ
- #54
- 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 1% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 2% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 3% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 6% 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 |
104 | $156,592 | $14,659 | +140% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
85 | $113,049 | $3,156 | +348% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
64 | $108,556 | $9,963 | +133% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
64 | $108,758 | $10,189 | +151% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
50 | $23,375 | $1,581 | +132% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
46 | $99,959 | $8,503 | +139% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
40 | $202,508 | $12,814 | +224% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
34 | $67,086 | $3,108 | +251% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
32 | $285,273 | $14,260 | +257% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
32 | $86,160 | $3,206 | +271% |
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 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$162,018 | $5,573 | +368% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$113,049 | $3,156 | +348% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$411,347 | $16,364 | +304% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$51,362 | $1,986 | +297% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$153,978 | $6,976 | +286% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$42,096 | $1,883 | +271% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$86,160 | $3,206 | +271% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$64,003 | $2,771 | +262% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$75,467 | $8,867 | +85% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$88,734 | $9,211 | +87% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$100,170 | $11,292 | +89% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$345,969 | $37,734 | +94% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$79,409 | $7,892 | +102% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$117,338 | $13,005 | +113% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$153,710 | $13,483 | +116% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$66,350 | $5,957 | +117% |
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.