90/100
#81 nationally
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oktibbeha County
400 Hospital Road, Starkville, MS 39759 · (662) 323-4320
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oktibbeha County billed $2.54 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
- 2.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 28
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MS
- #1
- 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.
Better than 86% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 93% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 84% 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 |
143 | $8,897 | $2,173 | -54% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
85 | $3,794 | $1,324 | -62% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
81 | $12,461 | $2,819 | -40% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
68 | $12,291 | $4,176 | -55% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
62 | $15,913 | $4,712 | -55% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
57 | $32,225 | $15,000 | -51% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
45 | $20,820 | $10,737 | -67% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
35 | $9,484 | $1,663 | -27% |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
33 | $19,851 | $4,400 | -24% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
29 | $14,816 | $5,842 | -63% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$48,228 | $13,732 | -12% |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,851 | $4,400 | -24% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,484 | $1,663 | -27% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$34,114 | $11,005 | -27% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,461 | $2,819 | -40% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$28,461 | $10,021 | -41% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$23,751 | $10,507 | -45% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,355 | $2,553 | -48% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$51,008 | $34,392 | -71% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,589 | $25,287 | -68% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,820 | $10,737 | -67% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$28,650 | $16,332 | -66% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,976 | $4,062 | -63% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,816 | $5,842 | -63% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,794 | $1,324 | -62% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,492 | $1,577 | -60% |
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.