| Heart Valve Procedures | |||||||||
| With Heart Catheterization (APR-DRG 162) | |||||||||
| Average Hospital Charges for Adults 18 Years and Over, Utah: 2005 | |||||||||
| Level of Illness | |||||||||
| Minor/Moderate | Major/Extreme | ||||||||
| Hospital | Patients | Average Charge | Patients | Average Charge | |||||
| Utah Overall | 92 | $64,310 | 124 | $112,787 | |||||
| Dixie Regional Medical Center | 20 | $54,636 | 10 | $86,648 | |||||
| LDS Hospital | 36 | $58,728 | 49 | $111,966 | |||||
| McKay-Dee Hospital Center | 11 | $75,420 | 14 | $91,269 | |||||
| Ogden Regional Medical Center | <5 | $94,976 | <5 | $158,955 | |||||
| Salt Lake Regional Medical Center | <5 | $81,613 | <5 | $180,617 | |||||
| St. Mark's Hospital | 9 | $85,006 | 19 | $120,256 | |||||
| University Health Care | <5 | $71,064 | 6 | $109,107 | |||||
| Utah Valley Regional Medical Center | 11 | $64,364 | 21 | $123,765 | |||||
| Veterans Administration Medical Center | <5 | Not available | 0 | Not available | |||||
| The hospitals in this table have heart catheterization and heart surgery programs. | |||||||||
| Table Legend | State average hospital length of stay | ||||||||
| < 5 = 1 to 4 patients | Minor/Moderate is 7.4 days | ||||||||
| Major/Extreme is 14.3 days | |||||||||
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| Level of Illness: Compared to patients with minor/moderate level of illness, patients with major/extreme level of illness are likely to have more serious heart problems and other serious conditions that require more complex treatment. | |||||||||
| Average Charge: The average dollars for hospital services for which patients were billed at a particular hospital. The charge does not include physicians' professional fees or patient personal costs. | |||||||||