Ungraded
#2,529 nationally
Citizens Baptist Medical Center
604 Stone Avenue, Talladega, AL 35160 · (256) 761-4542
Not enough published pricing to grade
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Citizens Baptist Medical Center billed $7.43 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
- 7.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 8
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AL
- #46
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 1/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
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 |
57 | $95,670 | $14,019 | +47% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
38 | $27,731 | $1,852 | +136% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
28 | $44,254 | $2,269 | +128% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
24 | $48,997 | $10,555 | +13% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
13 | $79,130 | $11,158 | +70% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
13 | $20,358 | $1,492 | +73% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
11 | $70,792 | $10,661 | +46% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
11 | $81,922 | $12,077 | +55% |
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 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,731 | $1,852 | +136% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,254 | $2,269 | +128% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,358 | $1,492 | +73% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$79,130 | $11,158 | +70% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$81,922 | $12,077 | +55% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$95,670 | $14,019 | +47% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$70,792 | $10,661 | +46% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$48,997 | $10,555 | +13% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$48,997 | $10,555 | +13% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$70,792 | $10,661 | +46% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$95,670 | $14,019 | +47% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$81,922 | $12,077 | +55% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$79,130 | $11,158 | +70% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,358 | $1,492 | +73% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,254 | $2,269 | +128% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,731 | $1,852 | +136% |
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.