Ungraded
#431 nationally
Dekalb Community Hospital
520 W Main St, Smithville, TN 37166 · (615) 215-5000
Not enough published pricing to grade
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Dekalb Community Hospital billed $2.72 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
- 2.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 5
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TN
- #13
- 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 |
53 | $12,696 | $2,339 | -35% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
31 | $10,660 | $1,940 | -9% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
15 | $23,633 | $13,178 | -49% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
14 | $33,530 | $15,313 | -39% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
13 | $18,501 | $12,607 | -57% |
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 |
$10,660 | $1,940 | -9% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,696 | $2,339 | -35% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$33,530 | $15,313 | -39% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$23,633 | $13,178 | -49% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$18,501 | $12,607 | -57% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$18,501 | $12,607 | -57% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$23,633 | $13,178 | -49% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$33,530 | $15,313 | -39% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,696 | $2,339 | -35% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,660 | $1,940 | -9% |
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.