77/100
#426 nationally
Forrest General Hospital
6051 Us Highway 49, Hattiesburg, MS 39401 · (601) 288-7000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Forrest General Hospital billed $3.60 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
- 3.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 175
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MS
- #11
- 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 63% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 80% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 86% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 92% 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 |
1,395 | $12,771 | $2,200 | -34% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
650 | $46,067 | $12,974 | -29% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
400 | $39,663 | $10,548 | -37% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
302 | $28,386 | $8,892 | -35% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
243 | $64,677 | $21,060 | -48% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
205 | $23,379 | $5,759 | -41% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
205 | $14,881 | $2,628 | -41% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
167 | $10,705 | $1,318 | +6% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
166 | $17,045 | $4,621 | -51% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
150 | $83,566 | $19,017 | -37% |
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 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,742 | $1,577 | +21% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,705 | $1,318 | +6% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,064 | $2,270 | -4% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,487 | $1,313 | -7% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$92,456 | $25,287 | -18% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,218 | $1,341 | -19% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay |
$85,329 | $17,472 | -21% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,513 | $6,938 | -22% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 253 · Inpatient stay |
$41,708 | $16,889 | -63% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$57,067 | $19,555 | -60% |
|
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 673 · Inpatient stay |
$62,624 | $24,424 | -59% |
|
Postoperative and Post-traumatic Infections with Major Complications
MS-DRG 862 · Inpatient stay |
$30,261 | $9,813 | -59% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,776 | $4,389 | -59% |
|
Postoperative or Post-traumatic Infections with Operating Room Procedures with
MS-DRG 857 · Inpatient stay |
$39,698 | $12,396 | -59% |
|
Amputation for Circulatory System Disorders Except Upper Limb and Toe with Major
MS-DRG 239 · Inpatient stay |
$81,864 | $23,234 | -59% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 330 · Inpatient stay |
$41,937 | $15,022 | -58% |
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.