64/100
#805 nationally
Baptist Memorial Hospital Tipton
1995 Highway 51 S, Covington, TN 38019 · (901) 476-2621
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Baptist Memorial Hospital Tipton billed $3.03 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
- 3.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 13
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TN
- #21
- 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 82% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 40% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 72% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 36% 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 |
94 | $22,571 | $2,250 | +16% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
83 | $5,537 | $1,981 | -69% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
54 | $37,833 | $16,045 | -42% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
48 | $28,777 | $11,617 | -34% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
20 | $30,538 | $15,148 | -45% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
17 | $28,914 | $11,518 | -40% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
16 | $21,678 | $8,947 | -34% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
15 | $13,054 | $1,353 | +52% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
14 | $21,412 | $7,981 | -30% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
14 | $30,688 | $10,422 | -25% |
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 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,054 | $1,353 | +52% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,571 | $2,250 | +16% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$41,602 | $11,823 | -11% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$30,688 | $10,422 | -25% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$29,306 | $10,032 | -25% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$21,412 | $7,981 | -30% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$28,777 | $11,617 | -34% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$21,678 | $8,947 | -34% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,537 | $1,981 | -69% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$21,589 | $13,393 | -57% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$30,538 | $15,148 | -45% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$37,833 | $16,045 | -42% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$28,914 | $11,518 | -40% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$21,678 | $8,947 | -34% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$28,777 | $11,617 | -34% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$21,412 | $7,981 | -30% |
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.