80/100
#340 nationally
Dch Regional Medical Center
809 University Boulevard East, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 · (205) 759-7111
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Dch Regional Medical Center billed $3.19 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
- 3.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 126
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AL
- #9
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 72% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 84% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 83% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 85% 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 |
407 | $11,350 | $2,421 | -42% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
391 | $5,130 | $1,455 | -49% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
303 | $29,461 | $11,385 | -32% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
303 | $53,208 | $16,546 | -18% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
240 | $53,953 | $11,727 | -14% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
233 | $7,410 | $1,753 | -35% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
218 | $8,605 | $2,898 | -66% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
155 | $25,130 | $6,410 | -37% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
129 | $31,941 | $9,817 | -53% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
128 | $39,011 | $11,634 | -16% |
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 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,882 | $3,151 | +11% |
|
Fracture, Sprain, Strain and Dislocation Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without
MS-DRG 563 · Inpatient stay |
$35,117 | $10,159 | -4% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$53,162 | $11,813 | -6% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay |
$166,556 | $40,089 | -7% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$64,231 | $16,428 | -10% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours
MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay |
$100,063 | $25,989 | -12% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,925 | $4,992 | -12% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
$28,327 | $7,932 | -13% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 673 · Inpatient stay |
$49,291 | $27,322 | -68% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,605 | $2,898 | -66% |
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 252 · Inpatient stay |
$55,268 | $24,507 | -62% |
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 253 · Inpatient stay |
$43,741 | $20,875 | -61% |
|
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 674 · Inpatient stay |
$38,543 | $17,990 | -60% |
|
Other Cardiothoracic Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 228 · Inpatient stay |
$89,470 | $37,416 | -60% |
|
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 271 · Inpatient stay |
$62,077 | $29,167 | -59% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$32,457 | $17,086 | -59% |
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.