91/100
#64 nationally
Fort Loudoun Medical Center
550 Fort Loudon Medical Center Dr, Lenoir City, TN 37772 · (865) 271-6000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Fort Loudoun Medical Center billed $2.46 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
- 2.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 16
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TN
- #3
- 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 89% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 87% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 94% 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 |
198 | $9,571 | $2,221 | -51% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
84 | $28,121 | $14,178 | -57% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
60 | $8,128 | $1,922 | -31% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
40 | $6,018 | $1,314 | -40% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
33 | $17,515 | $9,278 | -60% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
28 | $8,471 | $4,759 | -76% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
23 | $22,900 | $12,206 | -58% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
20 | $4,770 | $1,569 | -59% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
19 | $19,248 | $9,533 | -59% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
16 | $5,274 | $2,669 | -74% |
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 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,128 | $1,922 | -31% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,018 | $1,314 | -40% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$21,910 | $8,000 | -48% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$16,186 | $6,052 | -49% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,571 | $2,221 | -51% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$14,967 | $5,960 | -54% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$21,230 | $8,869 | -56% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$28,121 | $14,178 | -57% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,471 | $4,759 | -76% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,274 | $2,669 | -74% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$14,596 | $7,512 | -63% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$12,742 | $6,620 | -61% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$17,515 | $9,278 | -60% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,770 | $1,569 | -59% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$19,248 | $9,533 | -59% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$22,900 | $12,206 | -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.