72/100
#566 nationally
Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus
1201 7Th Street Se, Decatur, AL 35601 · (256) 341-2000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus billed $3.50 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
- 3.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 61
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AL
- #19
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- 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 80% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 56% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 85% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 45% 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 |
303 | $32,585 | $13,067 | -50% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
130 | $55,253 | $11,104 | -12% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
120 | $11,103 | $2,225 | -43% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
92 | $13,965 | $2,945 | -32% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
87 | $20,775 | $8,724 | -52% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
76 | $13,108 | $2,612 | -31% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
70 | $49,246 | $4,606 | +40% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
58 | $6,566 | $1,339 | -35% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
56 | $20,530 | $4,207 | -25% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
53 | $26,929 | $11,279 | -51% |
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 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$92,564 | $8,429 | +55% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$49,246 | $4,606 | +40% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 331 · Inpatient stay |
$102,027 | $11,466 | +37% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,910 | $2,922 | +29% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,476 | $1,607 | -11% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$55,253 | $11,104 | -12% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$72,213 | $15,349 | -13% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,626 | $2,669 | -14% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$17,182 | $11,939 | -70% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$10,624 | $5,734 | -66% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$13,997 | $7,820 | -66% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$15,179 | $7,757 | -64% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$32,031 | $13,786 | -64% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$18,163 | $8,880 | -63% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$101,009 | $43,481 | -62% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$14,028 | $6,251 | -62% |
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.