76/100
#447 nationally
Baptist Medical Center East
400 Taylor Road, Montgomery, AL 36117 · (334) 244-8330
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Baptist Medical Center East billed $3.51 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
- 3.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 42
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AL
- #15
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 64% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 81% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 81% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 88% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
145 | $11,328 | $2,199 | -42% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
119 | $27,359 | $9,532 | -37% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
91 | $56,112 | $14,775 | -14% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
68 | $5,428 | $1,347 | -46% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
65 | $23,028 | $4,733 | -34% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
64 | $30,083 | $9,422 | -35% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
56 | $10,128 | $2,600 | -47% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
46 | $45,258 | $13,425 | -18% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
43 | $9,883 | $1,678 | -24% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
35 | $29,911 | $10,821 | -51% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$29,227 | $7,807 | -4% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$36,258 | $8,168 | -13% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$56,112 | $14,775 | -14% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$47,418 | $13,054 | -17% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$45,258 | $13,425 | -18% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$41,242 | $9,533 | -20% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 394 · Inpatient stay |
$31,057 | $7,054 | -20% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,883 | $1,678 | -24% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,507 | $1,245 | -71% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,466 | $4,614 | -54% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,354 | $1,508 | -54% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,030 | $8,000 | -51% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$29,911 | $10,821 | -51% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,711 | $15,616 | -50% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,758 | $2,459 | -47% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,128 | $2,600 | -47% |
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.