20/100
#2,168 nationally
Grady Memorial Hospital
80 Jesse Hill, Jr Drive Se, Atlanta, GA 30303 · (404) 616-1000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Grady Memorial Hospital billed $4.63 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
- 4.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 106
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in GA
- #66
- 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 42% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 8% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 10% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 9% 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 |
410 | $28,347 | $2,513 | +46% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
158 | $71,888 | $26,754 | +66% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
158 | $168,692 | $35,596 | +159% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
103 | $37,759 | $2,163 | +221% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
98 | $47,892 | $23,086 | +29% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
82 | $99,984 | $23,271 | +156% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
72 | $199,183 | $37,334 | +161% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
70 | $3,376 | $634 | +8% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
69 | $21,575 | $1,890 | +67% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
64 | $83,208 | $26,968 | +72% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Back and Neck Procedures Except Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 519 · Inpatient stay |
$332,442 | $59,107 | +288% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$674,514 | $94,999 | +279% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$127,264 | $5,355 | +262% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,759 | $2,163 | +221% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$65,637 | $3,773 | +218% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$109,194 | $4,675 | +202% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,918 | $1,492 | +184% |
|
Full Thickness Burn with Skin Graft or Inhalation Injury with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 928 · Inpatient stay |
$781,564 | $134,566 | +184% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
HIV-Related Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 974 · Inpatient stay |
$143,144 | $41,107 | -19% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay |
$58,468 | $29,738 | -9% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,376 | $634 | +8% |
|
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 202 · Inpatient stay |
$43,071 | $22,054 | +9% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy with Major Complications
MS-DRG 896 · Inpatient stay |
$74,267 | $28,751 | +13% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)
MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay |
$43,764 | $21,811 | +16% |
|
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Central Nervous System Principal
MS-DRG 024 · Inpatient stay |
$187,797 | $52,762 | +22% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$63,338 | $24,586 | +23% |
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.