63/100
#842 nationally
Emory University Hospital
1364 Clifton Road, Ne, Atlanta, GA 30322 · (404) 686-8500
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Emory University Hospital billed $3.33 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
- 3.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 197
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in GA
- #12
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 67% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 81% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 51% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 35% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
595 | $19,021 | $2,607 | +8% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
577 | $14,325 | $2,509 | -26% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
454 | $37,977 | $11,996 | -39% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
232 | $86,861 | $28,468 | +33% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
215 | $19,980 | $2,901 | +5% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
215 | $18,220 | $2,968 | -28% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
191 | $55,739 | $18,419 | +28% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
161 | $8,048 | $1,490 | -20% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
146 | $18,586 | $3,235 | -10% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
142 | $10,788 | $1,756 | -8% |
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 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,689 | $634 | +177% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay |
$331,000 | $92,486 | +84% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$144,669 | $34,723 | +79% |
|
Respiratory Neoplasms with Major Complications
MS-DRG 180 · Inpatient stay |
$118,649 | $28,743 | +60% |
|
Respiratory Infection (with complications)
MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay |
$58,747 | $16,548 | +58% |
|
Complications of Treatment with Major Complications
MS-DRG 919 · Inpatient stay |
$113,400 | $37,664 | +52% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$63,395 | $17,510 | +51% |
|
ECMO or Tracheostomy with Mechanical Ventilation >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except
MS-DRG 003 · Inpatient stay |
$1,307,854 | $354,409 | +49% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$51,785 | $29,447 | -65% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,452 | $18,042 | -64% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$48,291 | $21,984 | -64% |
|
Level 2 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5212 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,425 | $6,931 | -61% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,380 | $9,762 | -58% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,888 | $7,884 | -58% |
|
Acute Adjustment Reaction and Psychosocial Dysfunction
MS-DRG 880 · Inpatient stay |
$18,252 | $13,228 | -56% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical with Spinal Curvature, Malignancy, Infection or Extensive
MS-DRG 457 · Inpatient stay |
$131,698 | $68,695 | -54% |
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.