CostGrade
C

40/100

#1,583 nationally

Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center

777 Hemlock Street, Macon, GA 31201 · (478) 633-1000

Charges well above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center billed $5.27 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.

Charge-to-payment
5.3x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
171
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in GA
#31
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
2/5
shown for context, not in the grade

How this grade was reached

Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.

Inpatient charge markup 11.7/35

Better than 34% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 10.5/25

Better than 42% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 12.1/30

Better than 41% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 5.9/10

Better than 59% of U.S. hospitals.

What this hospital treats most

The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.

Procedure Patients Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

513 $36,622 $2,877 +45%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

301 $20,140 $2,402 +4%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

285 $93,253 $18,505 +43%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

212 $9,867 $1,411 about average
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

206 $11,338 $1,643 -4%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

197 $66,447 $11,495 +6%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

186 $57,451 $12,414 +32%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

168 $18,825 $2,805 about average
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit

162 $79,322 $9,626 +17%
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications

MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay

131 $179,097 $27,610 +44%

Where its charges run furthest above the national middle

Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Diabetes (with complications)

MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay

$59,132 $12,212 +71%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications

MS-DRG 948 · Inpatient stay

$54,728 $13,733 +69%
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

$80,161 $12,366 +66%
Aortic and Heart Assist Procedures Except Pulsation Balloon without Major Complications

MS-DRG 269 · Inpatient stay

$257,208 $43,725 +56%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay

$276,713 $46,720 +54%
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)

MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay

$72,229 $12,899 +53%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

$36,622 $2,877 +45%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

$56,496 $11,410 +44%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 084 · Inpatient stay

$33,254 $9,472 -32%
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit

$14,895 $3,280 -32%
Level 2 Vascular Procedures

APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit

$5,989 $1,416 -30%
ECMO or Tracheostomy with Mechanical Ventilation >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except

MS-DRG 003 · Inpatient stay

$627,191 $161,300 -29%
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability

MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay

$36,603 $14,935 -27%
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures

APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit

$12,190 $2,510 -26%
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit

$28,343 $6,119 -26%
Other Respiratory System Operating Room Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 166 · Inpatient stay

$108,180 $32,410 -26%

What this page cannot tell you

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  • It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
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