14/100
#2,306 nationally
Bolivar Medical Center
901 E Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS 38732 · (662) 846-0061
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Bolivar Medical Center billed $7.21 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
- 7.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 22
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MS
- #28
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 1/5
- 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 17% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 12% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 15% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 1% 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 |
118 | $26,089 | $2,388 | +34% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
95 | $87,001 | $14,348 | +33% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
37 | $61,911 | $9,773 | +43% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
31 | $41,498 | $8,432 | about average |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
31 | $49,008 | $6,268 | +65% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
29 | $19,687 | $613 | +528% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
25 | $84,303 | $10,058 | +81% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
24 | $109,599 | $11,919 | +99% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
24 | $69,712 | $8,481 | +67% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
23 | $39,988 | $3,126 | +94% |
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 |
$19,687 | $613 | +528% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$109,599 | $11,919 | +99% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,008 | $1,454 | +99% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,988 | $3,126 | +94% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,593 | $1,827 | +90% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$84,303 | $10,058 | +81% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$56,424 | $6,492 | +78% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,329 | $1,707 | +73% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$40,721 | $9,667 | -16% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$41,498 | $8,432 | about average |
|
Transient Ischemia without Thrombolytic
MS-DRG 069 · Inpatient stay |
$44,015 | $6,312 | +7% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$58,038 | $11,115 | +10% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$40,467 | $7,382 | +23% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$51,558 | $7,273 | +25% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$51,173 | $7,768 | +30% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,038 | $4,640 | +31% |
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.