68/100
#689 nationally
Baptist Memorial Hospital Union City
1201 Bishop St, Po Box 310, Union City, TN 38261 · (731) 885-2410
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Baptist Memorial Hospital Union City billed $4.00 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
- 4.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 23
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TN
- #16
- 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 53% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 77% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 78% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 67% 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 |
73 | $40,890 | $12,341 | -37% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
41 | $32,856 | $8,459 | -24% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
37 | $20,661 | $2,252 | +6% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
34 | $44,200 | $8,802 | -5% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
24 | $42,639 | $11,199 | -23% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
22 | $8,196 | $1,360 | -19% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
22 | $13,043 | $4,839 | -63% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
20 | $13,657 | $2,572 | -29% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
20 | $34,913 | $7,125 | -8% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
16 | $35,440 | $7,043 | -10% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,661 | $2,252 | +6% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$44,200 | $8,802 | -5% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,913 | $7,125 | -8% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$35,440 | $7,043 | -10% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,666 | $2,383 | -17% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,196 | $1,360 | -19% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$42,639 | $11,199 | -23% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$35,903 | $8,195 | -24% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,043 | $4,839 | -63% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,228 | $4,340 | -59% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,588 | $5,469 | -58% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,796 | $2,763 | -58% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,822 | $1,254 | -55% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,484 | $6,000 | -51% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,548 | $2,924 | -49% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,971 | $2,715 | -46% |
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.