Ungraded
#460 nationally
Dale Medical Center
126 Hospital Ave, Ozark, AL 36360 · (334) 774-2601
Not enough published pricing to grade
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Dale Medical Center billed $3.83 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
- 3.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 5
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AL
- #17
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- Not rated
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
156 | $13,541 | $2,169 | -30% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
27 | $30,198 | $11,698 | -16% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
23 | $2,653 | $1,342 | -77% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
18 | $91,274 | $24,045 | -19% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
12 | $31,369 | $15,724 | -52% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$30,198 | $11,698 | -16% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$91,274 | $24,045 | -19% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,541 | $2,169 | -30% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$31,369 | $15,724 | -52% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,653 | $1,342 | -77% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,653 | $1,342 | -77% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$31,369 | $15,724 | -52% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,541 | $2,169 | -30% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$91,274 | $24,045 | -19% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$30,198 | $11,698 | -16% |
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.