66/100
#758 nationally
Erlanger Medical Center
975 E 3Rd St, Chattanooga, TN 37403 · (423) 778-7000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Erlanger Medical Center billed $3.74 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
- 3.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 173
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TN
- #19
- 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 60% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 79% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 64% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 59% 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 |
366 | $21,380 | $2,275 | +10% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
359 | $35,080 | $11,031 | -44% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
306 | $58,521 | $17,930 | -10% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
274 | $26,794 | $5,902 | -33% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
252 | $8,880 | $1,718 | -31% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
240 | $19,903 | $4,334 | -28% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
182 | $10,066 | $1,597 | -14% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
176 | $16,477 | $2,770 | -35% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
172 | $7,780 | $1,356 | -31% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
164 | $13,189 | $2,925 | -36% |
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 |
$6,104 | $584 | +95% |
|
Limb Reattachment, Hip and Femur Procedures for Multiple Significant Trauma
MS-DRG 956 · Inpatient stay |
$241,539 | $52,737 | +35% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$51,564 | $5,852 | +34% |
|
Knee Procedures without Principal Diagnosis of Infection with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 488 · Inpatient stay |
$83,073 | $18,467 | +33% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$94,044 | $18,483 | +32% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$52,553 | $13,849 | +26% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$83,636 | $18,761 | +23% |
|
Pneumothorax with Complications
MS-DRG 200 · Inpatient stay |
$58,486 | $10,563 | +22% |
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 |
$59,752 | $28,046 | -60% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,122 | $9,125 | -55% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$60,167 | $19,539 | -55% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,764 | $7,111 | -53% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$38,171 | $18,127 | -53% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$46,175 | $16,124 | -52% |
|
Postoperative or Post-traumatic Infections with Operating Room Procedures with
MS-DRG 857 · Inpatient stay |
$47,119 | $18,228 | -51% |
|
Other Operating Room Procedures for Injuries with Complications
MS-DRG 908 · Inpatient stay |
$44,530 | $17,839 | -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.