Oregon / Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center
CMS certification 380017 · Portland, OR · 1 entry in CMS's price-transparency list
Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center: charges and Medicare payments
Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center reported 688 Medicare inpatient stays across 33 DRGs in 2024. Across them it charged 2.87 times what it was paid — mid-range in Oregon, number 16 of 26 hospitals with at least 100 stays (state median 3.05×, national 4.15×). Its most frequent stay was DRG 871, Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with MCC: 95 stays at an average charge of $57,772, 36% below the national average. It also billed 2,282 outpatient services, charging 5.21 times what Medicare paid.
- 1Medicare inpatient stays 688
- 2Charge ÷ paid, inpatient 2.87×
- 3Rank in OR (highest ratio = 1) 16 of 26
- 4CMS price-transparency actions 1
Inpatient stays
For the 33 DRGs that can be compared with the national average, Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center charged more than the national average in 0 (0%). Payments follow Medicare's rates, so they usually vary far less than charges.
| DRG | Stays | Avg charge | vs US | Avg paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 871 Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with MCC | 95 | $57,772 | -36% | $21,753 |
| 291 Heart Failure and Shock with MCC | 54 | $40,912 | -27% | $14,986 |
| 652 Kidney Transplant | 32 | $226,247 | -33% | $59,746 |
| 280 Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with MCC | 30 | $58,098 | -23% | $18,726 |
| 177 Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with MCC | 26 | $60,249 | -15% | $20,566 |
| 328 Stomach, Esophageal and Duodenal Procedures without CC/MCC | 24 | $52,195 | -40% | $17,194 |
| 470 Major Hip and Knee Joint Replacement or Reattachment of... | 23 | $48,502 | -48% | $19,625 |
| 853 Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedures with... | 23 | $143,553 | -37% | $54,040 |
| 330 Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with CC | 21 | $69,820 | -41% | $25,779 |
| 640 Miscellaneous Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids and... | 21 | $53,962 | -11% | $15,093 |
| 189 Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure | 20 | $41,783 | -27% | $14,603 |
| 193 Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with MCC | 20 | $30,437 | -49% | $14,071 |
| 281 Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with CC | 20 | $36,367 | -28% | $10,529 |
| 621 O.R. Procedures for Obesity without CC/MCC | 19 | $43,733 | -42% | $17,092 |
| 321 Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Intraluminal... | 17 | $113,376 | -31% | $32,376 |
| 872 Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours without MCC | 17 | $34,454 | -30% | $12,108 |
| 322 Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Intraluminal... | 16 | $69,288 | -40% | $18,888 |
| 378 Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage with CC | 16 | $31,189 | -36% | $10,995 |
| 329 Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with MCC | 15 | $135,471 | -37% | $51,180 |
| 377 Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage with MCC | 15 | $64,136 | -25% | $21,721 |
| 393 Other Digestive System Diagnoses with MCC | 15 | $44,800 | -42% | $18,360 |
| 682 Renal Failure with MCC | 15 | $51,795 | -21% | $18,390 |
| 392 Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis and Miscellaneous Digestive... | 14 | $20,835 | -48% | $9,538 |
| 435 Malignancy of Hepatobiliary System or Pancreas with MCC | 13 | $30,948 | -67% | $18,608 |
| 699 Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with CC | 13 | $39,996 | -16% | $12,135 |
| 314 Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with MCC | 12 | $53,230 | -44% | $23,051 |
| 467 Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement with CC | 12 | $53,728 | -66% | $32,938 |
| 522 Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture... | 12 | $60,091 | -41% | $21,615 |
| 689 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with MCC | 12 | $42,190 | -18% | $14,502 |
| 698 Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with MCC | 12 | $71,057 | -3% | $25,143 |
| 919 Complications of Treatment with MCC | 12 | $41,179 | -53% | $19,697 |
| 308 Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with MCC | 11 | $38,794 | -32% | $13,824 |
| 309 Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with CC | 11 | $23,863 | -34% | $8,769 |
Outpatient services
Against the Oregon average
For Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with MCC (DRG 871), Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center charged $57,772 on average, 3% less than the Oregon average of $59,560, and was paid $21,753 against a state average of $19,972. For Heart Failure and Shock with MCC (DRG 291), Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center charged $40,912 on average, 1% more than the Oregon average of $40,542, and was paid $14,986 against a state average of $12,978. For Kidney Transplant (DRG 652), Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center charged $226,247 on average, 8% less than the Oregon average of $245,485, and was paid $59,746 against a state average of $51,866. For Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with MCC (DRG 280), Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center charged $58,098 on average, 24% more than the Oregon average of $46,884, and was paid $18,726 against a state average of $15,969. For Level 1 Intraocular Procedures (outpatient APC 5491), its average charge of $13,090 was 42% above the state average of $9,194. For Level 2 Intraocular Procedures (outpatient APC 5492), its average charge of $19,879 was 3% above the state average of $19,381. For Level 1 Endovascular Procedures (outpatient APC 5191), its average charge of $22,167 was 25% above the state average of $17,751. For Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage (outpatient APC 5072), its average charge of $6,488 was 20% below the state average of $8,100.
Price-transparency record
CMS's enforcement list records these actions for a hospital named Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in Portland, OR, under the federal hospital price-transparency rule (45 CFR part 180), which requires hospitals to post their standard charges online:
- Met Requirements — 2023-06-08 (CMS case 576)
A warning notice or corrective-action request is not a finding of wrongdoing; "Met Requirements" and closure notices record that CMS's review ended. Matched to this hospital by exact name, city and state.
Charges are the hospital's list prices averaged over its 2024 Medicare cases; payments are what those cases actually brought in. Neither is what you will pay. For a planned procedure, ask the hospital for its price estimate or, if you are uninsured or self-paying, a good-faith estimate.
Sources: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024; CMS Medicare Outpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024; CMS Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Activities and Outcomes, July 2026. Checked 2026-10-24. Methodology.