43/100
#1,484 nationally
Baptist Memorial Hospital
6019 Walnut Grove Road, Memphis, TN 38120 · (901) 226-5000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Baptist Memorial Hospital billed $5.31 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
- 262
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TN
- #31
- 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 29% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 48% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 51% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 53% 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 |
940 | $80,712 | $15,257 | +24% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
763 | $23,595 | $2,721 | -7% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
615 | $29,110 | $2,248 | +50% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
549 | $55,881 | $9,923 | +29% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
474 | $10,348 | $1,351 | about average |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
265 | $145,912 | $19,425 | +10% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
265 | $21,849 | $4,812 | -38% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
240 | $17,366 | $2,654 | -9% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
239 | $91,303 | $9,129 | +35% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
233 | $42,550 | $10,934 | -32% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$128,804 | $32,963 | +129% |
|
Major Hematological and Immunological Diagnoses Except Sickle Cell Crisis and Coagulatio
MS-DRG 809 · Inpatient stay |
$94,281 | $14,960 | +71% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay |
$281,404 | $49,832 | +57% |
|
Complications of Treatment with Major Complications
MS-DRG 919 · Inpatient stay |
$113,691 | $13,492 | +52% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,110 | $2,248 | +50% |
|
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 074 · Inpatient stay |
$70,578 | $8,946 | +48% |
|
Extracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 039 · Inpatient stay |
$73,300 | $7,798 | +38% |
|
Endocrine Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 644 · Inpatient stay |
$52,351 | $8,445 | +36% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Uterine and Adnexa Procedures for Non-malignancy with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 742 · Inpatient stay |
$34,547 | $12,605 | -62% |
|
Level 3 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5093 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,323 | $7,254 | -59% |
|
Other Hepatobiliary or Pancreas Operating Room Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 423 · Inpatient stay |
$105,769 | $27,664 | -55% |
|
Pelvic Evisceration, Radical Hysterectomy and Radical Vulvectomy with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 734 · Inpatient stay |
$87,631 | $17,976 | -49% |
|
Uterine and Adnexa Procedures for Non-malignancy without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 743 · Inpatient stay |
$33,192 | $8,576 | -48% |
|
Appendix Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 398 · Inpatient stay |
$46,791 | $10,785 | -46% |
|
Viral Illness with Major Complications
MS-DRG 865 · Inpatient stay |
$50,637 | $12,103 | -46% |
|
Multiple Level Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Except Cervical with
MS-DRG 427 · Inpatient stay |
$170,472 | $48,258 | -45% |
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.