57/100
#1,043 nationally
Emory University Hospital Midtown
550 Peachtree Street, Ne, Atlanta, GA 30308 · (404) 686-2450
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Emory University Hospital Midtown billed $3.88 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
- 3.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 124
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in GA
- #20
- 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 56% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 74% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 50% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 38% 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 |
477 | $12,920 | $2,528 | -34% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
212 | $11,106 | $1,472 | +10% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
159 | $54,452 | $13,514 | +25% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay |
147 | $171,668 | $52,000 | -29% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
132 | $17,081 | $3,412 | -25% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
122 | $22,171 | $2,620 | +25% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
112 | $86,102 | $21,346 | +32% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
104 | $32,409 | $4,741 | +18% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
97 | $20,960 | $2,964 | -17% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
93 | $18,816 | $2,926 | about average |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$106,259 | $12,840 | +124% |
|
Level 3 ENT Procedures
APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,812 | $1,353 | +85% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$85,749 | $19,366 | +62% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$131,541 | $29,077 | +50% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$84,088 | $20,282 | +49% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay |
$265,074 | $58,875 | +48% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours
MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay |
$156,738 | $38,127 | +38% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$98,131 | $21,483 | +38% |
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 |
$54,159 | $28,136 | -64% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$50,824 | $21,756 | -62% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,055 | $9,705 | -57% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,443 | $18,042 | -53% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
$84,189 | $45,453 | -52% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,491 | $1,559 | -52% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$61,438 | $26,667 | -51% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,714 | $7,884 | -51% |
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.