Ungraded
#269 nationally
George Regional Health System
859 Winter Street, Lucedale, MS 39452 · (601) 947-3161
Not enough published pricing to grade
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, George Regional Health System billed $2.84 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
- 2.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 9
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MS
- #11
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 1/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
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 |
90 | $10,064 | $2,373 | -48% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
20 | $16,553 | $7,330 | -44% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
20 | $9,800 | $2,610 | -52% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
15 | $29,346 | $11,236 | -37% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
13 | $37,951 | $16,226 | -42% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
13 | $7,433 | $1,418 | -26% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
12 | $28,995 | $14,715 | -47% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
12 | $11,069 | $5,046 | -68% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
11 | $24,304 | $7,600 | -23% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$24,304 | $7,600 | -23% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,433 | $1,418 | -26% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$29,346 | $11,236 | -37% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$37,951 | $16,226 | -42% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$16,553 | $7,330 | -44% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$28,995 | $14,715 | -47% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,064 | $2,373 | -48% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,800 | $2,610 | -52% |
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 |
$11,069 | $5,046 | -68% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,800 | $2,610 | -52% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,064 | $2,373 | -48% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$28,995 | $14,715 | -47% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$16,553 | $7,330 | -44% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$37,951 | $16,226 | -42% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$29,346 | $11,236 | -37% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,433 | $1,418 | -26% |
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.