Idaho / Mountain View Hospital
CMS certification 130065 · Idaho Falls, ID
Mountain View Hospital: charges and Medicare payments
Mountain View Hospital reported 47 Medicare inpatient stays across 2 DRGs in 2024. Across them it charged 3.47 times what it was paid. Its most frequent stay was DRG 470, Major Hip and Knee Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without MCC: 35 stays at an average charge of $42,919, 54% below the national average. It also billed 3,805 outpatient services, charging 4.33 times what Medicare paid.
- 1Medicare inpatient stays 47
- 2Charge ÷ paid, inpatient 3.47×
- 3Rank in ID (highest ratio = 1) –
- 4CMS price-transparency actions 0
Inpatient stays
For the 2 DRGs that can be compared with the national average, Mountain View Hospital 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 470 Major Hip and Knee Joint Replacement or Reattachment of... | 35 | $42,919 | -54% | $13,353 |
| 468 Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without CC/MCC | 12 | $79,473 | -36% | $20,073 |
Outpatient services
Against the Idaho average
For Major Hip and Knee Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without MCC (DRG 470), Mountain View Hospital charged $42,919 on average, 47% less than the Idaho average of $80,720, and was paid $13,353 against a state average of $15,495. For Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without CC/MCC (DRG 468), Mountain View Hospital charged $79,473 on average, 21% less than the Idaho average of $100,259, and was paid $20,073 against a state average of $21,953. For Level 1 Nerve Procedures (outpatient APC 5431), its average charge of $6,356 was 28% below the state average of $8,830. For Level 2 Urology and Related Services (outpatient APC 5372), its average charge of $1,046 was 18% above the state average of $883. For Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures (outpatient APC 5115), its average charge of $37,407 was 27% below the state average of $51,453. For Level 3 Urology and Related Services (outpatient APC 5373), its average charge of $3,551 was 21% below the state average of $4,503.
Price-transparency record
No action in CMS's price-transparency enforcement list (July 2026) matches this hospital's exact name, city and state. That can mean CMS has not reviewed it, or that it is listed under a different name.
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.