Heart Failure Cost in Idaho — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for heart failure with major comorbidities or complications, often involving fluid overload, low ejection fraction, or arrhythmia.
State average
$31,154
gross charge · DRG 291
Hospitals
16
with published pricing
Price range
$4,036 – $47,782
low to high
Data notes for Idaho
- The lowest published charge ($4,036 at Lost Rivers Medical Center) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lost Rivers Medical Center
Arco, ID
Gross charge $4,036Cash pay $3,229 - 2
Benewah Community Hospital
Saint Maries, ID
Gross charge $5,453Cash pay $4,907 - 3
Bonner General Hospital
Sandpoint, ID
Gross charge $12,309Cash pay $9,847 - 4
Franklin County Medical Center
Preston, ID
Gross charge $14,394 - 5
Steele Memorial Medical Center
Salmon, ID
Gross charge $16,411Cash pay $12,308 - 6
Boundary Community Hospital
Bonners Ferry, ID
Gross charge $18,637Cash pay $14,910 - 7
Gritman Medical Center
Moscow, ID
Gross charge $25,612Cash pay $21,770 - 8
St Lukes Magic Valley Medical Center
Twin Falls, ID
Gross charge $43,912Medicare pays (avg) $8,539 - 9
St. Luke's Boise Medical Center
Boise, ID
Gross charge $43,912Medicare pays (avg) $9,200 - 10
St. Luke's Nampa Medical Center
Nampa, ID
Gross charge $43,912Medicare pays (avg) $9,032 - 11
St. Luke's Jerome Medical Center
Jerome, ID
Gross charge $43,912 - 12
St Luke's Elmore Medical Center
Mountain Home, ID
Gross charge $43,912 - 13
St. Luke's McCall Medical Center
Mccall, ID
Gross charge $43,912 - 14
St. Luke's Wood River Medical Center
Ketchum, ID
Gross charge $43,912 - 15
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
Boise, ID
Gross charge $46,441Cash pay $30,187Medicare pays (avg) $9,452 - 16
Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Nampa
Nampa, ID
Gross charge $47,782Cash pay $31,058Medicare pays (avg) $9,396 - 17
West Valley Medical Center
Caldwell, ID
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,192 - 18
Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Idaho Falls, ID
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,918 - 19
Madison Memorial Hospital | Madisonhealth
Rexburg, ID
Gross charge — - 20
Mountain View Hospital
Idaho Falls, ID
Gross charge — - 21
Northwest Specialty Hospital
Post Falls, ID
Gross charge — - 22
Idaho Falls Community Hospital, Llc
Idaho Falls, ID
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,237
Idaho hospitals price heart failure (Medicare DRG 291) anywhere from $4,036 to $47,782 — a $43,746 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Lost Rivers Medical Center in Arco; the most expensive is Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Nampa in Nampa. The state average sits at $31,154.
Gross charges are list prices, not what most patients pay. 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 heart failure at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent heart failure admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
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 heart failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 291 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.