3/100
#2,558 nationally
Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital
2010 Brookwood Medical Center Drive, Birmingham, AL 35209 · (205) 877-1000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital billed $15.80 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
- 15.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 73
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AL
- #44
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- 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.
Better than 0% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 4% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 4% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 10% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
147 | $220,702 | $13,383 | +238% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
146 | $56,028 | $2,543 | +122% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
100 | $18,260 | $1,269 | +81% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
87 | $297,480 | $18,761 | +124% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
85 | $97,761 | $8,038 | +64% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
59 | $89,507 | $4,256 | +155% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
56 | $238,184 | $14,457 | +212% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
51 | $146,194 | $8,202 | +184% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
49 | $102,239 | $8,743 | +136% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
48 | $59,614 | $2,444 | +212% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$46,714 | $1,253 | +316% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$179,221 | $7,368 | +303% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$91,789 | $2,679 | +295% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay |
$911,947 | $48,270 | +279% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$698,413 | $30,672 | +269% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$46,104 | $1,473 | +257% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$389,868 | $24,638 | +246% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$220,702 | $13,383 | +238% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$120,085 | $14,066 | +37% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$97,761 | $8,038 | +64% |
|
Level 6 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5416 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$67,079 | $6,308 | +64% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,223 | $1,530 | +72% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,260 | $1,269 | +81% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$54,601 | $3,821 | +82% |
|
Carotid Artery Stent Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 035 · Inpatient stay |
$184,303 | $15,753 | +94% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$119,271 | $11,028 | +94% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- 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.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.