5/100
#2,503 nationally
Flowers Hospital
4370 West Main Street, Dothan, AL 36302 · (334) 793-5000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Flowers Hospital billed $13.05 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
- 13.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 97
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AL
- #41
- 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 4% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 3% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 8% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 4% 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 |
145 | $127,263 | $13,195 | +95% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
134 | $102,618 | $5,860 | +157% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
127 | $147,430 | $13,383 | +84% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
124 | $32,218 | $1,350 | +220% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
122 | $70,167 | $2,711 | +178% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
109 | $51,093 | $2,580 | +167% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
104 | $126,792 | $10,916 | +103% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
104 | $72,580 | $4,879 | +107% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
102 | $255,055 | $8,895 | +277% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
89 | $77,111 | $8,640 | +78% |
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 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$66,416 | $1,584 | +465% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$364,604 | $13,138 | +282% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$255,055 | $8,895 | +277% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$190,111 | $8,575 | +269% |
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$80,103 | $3,289 | +266% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$126,064 | $4,663 | +264% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$133,506 | $7,295 | +253% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$358,238 | $12,995 | +252% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour with Complications
MS-DRG 083 · Inpatient stay |
$48,209 | $9,287 | -19% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$70,984 | $9,338 | +26% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours
MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay |
$143,793 | $17,768 | +27% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$61,945 | $9,060 | +28% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$40,315 | $5,340 | +32% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 310 · Inpatient stay |
$33,485 | $4,090 | +33% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$357,815 | $42,122 | +33% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$50,202 | $6,320 | +35% |
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.