DRG 552 · Musculoskeletal

Medical Back Problems Cost in Idaho — Compare All Hospitals

Hospitalization for medical (non-surgical) back conditions including herniated discs, severe radiculopathy, and chronic pain crises.

State average
$23,626
gross charge · DRG 552
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$5,462 – $42,874
low to high
Lowest $5,462 Highest $42,874

Idaho hospitals price medical back problems (Medicare DRG 552) anywhere from $5,462 to $42,874 — a $37,412 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Benewah Community Hospital in Saint Maries; the most expensive is Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise. The state average sits at $23,626.

Gross charges are the hospital's list price for the facility part of your stay — the room, operating-room time, nursing, and equipment. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists medical back problems at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling medical back problems in Idaho, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.

Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Idaho hospitals missing from the list either don't perform medical back problems in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 552 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Benewah Community Hospital

    Saint Maries, ID

    Gross charge $5,462
    Cash pay $4,916
  2. 2
    Gross charge $7,917
    Cash pay $5,938
  3. 3

    Gritman Medical Center

    Moscow, ID

    Gross charge $13,007
    Cash pay $11,056
  4. 4

    Boundary Community Hospital

    Bonners Ferry, ID

    Gross charge $13,966
    Cash pay $11,173
  5. 5

    Bonner General Hospital

    Sandpoint, ID

    Gross charge $22,838
    Cash pay $18,270
  6. 6

    St Lukes Magic Valley Medical Center

    Twin Falls, ID

    Gross charge $26,126
  7. 7

    St. Luke's Boise Medical Center

    Boise, ID

    Gross charge $26,126
  8. 8

    St. Luke's Nampa Medical Center

    Nampa, ID

    Gross charge $26,126
  9. 9
    Gross charge $26,126
  10. 10
    Gross charge $26,126
  11. 11
    Gross charge $26,126
  12. 12
    Gross charge $26,126
  13. 13

    Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Nampa

    Nampa, ID

    Gross charge $41,817
    Cash pay $27,181
  14. 14

    Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center

    Boise, ID

    Gross charge $42,874
    Cash pay $27,868

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