CostGrade
B

64/100

#806 nationally

Baptist Memorial Hospital Union County

200 Hwy 30 West, New Albany, MS 38652 · (662) 538-7631

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Baptist Memorial Hospital Union County billed $4.05 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
4.1x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
34
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in MS
#21
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.

Inpatient charge markup 19.6/35

Better than 56% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 14.8/25

Better than 59% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 21.3/30

Better than 71% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 8.2/10

Better than 82% 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

180 $46,979 $12,849 -28%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

119 $20,163 $2,211 +4%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

51 $37,911 $8,920 -13%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

46 $8,787 $1,340 -13%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

40 $25,082 $4,735 -29%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

39 $23,460 $7,455 -40%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

36 $36,116 $10,747 -42%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

29 $28,520 $5,826 -28%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

28 $45,447 $11,244 -17%
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay

26 $29,398 $8,629 -28%

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 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

$3,685 $255 +17%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

$20,163 $2,211 +4%
Level 2 Vascular Procedures

APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit

$8,101 $1,341 -6%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,078 $1,413 -6%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$37,911 $8,920 -13%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

$8,787 $1,340 -13%
Fainting

MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay

$31,456 $6,546 -14%
Hypertension without Major Complications

MS-DRG 305 · Inpatient stay

$28,230 $5,922 -16%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

$14,161 $4,333 -48%
Kidney Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay

$28,400 $10,237 -46%
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe)

MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay

$63,555 $18,634 -46%
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture with Major Complications

MS-DRG 521 · Inpatient stay

$61,593 $17,618 -45%
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay

$18,162 $6,067 -44%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

$36,116 $10,747 -42%
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit

$10,240 $2,300 -42%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

$23,460 $7,455 -40%

What this page cannot tell you

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