2/100
#2,588 nationally
Grandview Medical Center
3690 Grandview Parkway, Birmingham, AL 35243 · (205) 971-1000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Grandview Medical Center billed $15.73 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
- 15.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 165
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AL
- #46
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- 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 2% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 2% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 4% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
396 | $38,359 | $1,520 | +226% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
366 | $168,548 | $13,973 | +158% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
364 | $304,166 | $19,302 | +129% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
336 | $213,693 | $10,518 | +242% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
276 | $56,983 | $2,635 | +126% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
274 | $149,657 | $5,605 | +275% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
176 | $88,873 | $9,145 | +105% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
147 | $126,281 | $4,679 | +260% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
144 | $102,253 | $2,623 | +402% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
135 | $250,790 | $14,820 | +202% |
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 |
$75,262 | $1,522 | +563% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$63,360 | $1,363 | +456% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$116,946 | $2,941 | +415% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$56,835 | $1,308 | +406% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$102,253 | $2,623 | +402% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$119,156 | $2,876 | +400% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$60,069 | $1,615 | +365% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$76,713 | $2,335 | +363% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 300 · Inpatient stay |
$49,570 | $7,488 | +16% |
|
Other Cardiothoracic Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 229 · Inpatient stay |
$209,447 | $19,997 | +38% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$74,365 | $10,298 | +49% |
|
Acute Adjustment Reaction and Psychosocial Dysfunction
MS-DRG 880 · Inpatient stay |
$61,993 | $7,145 | +51% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$103,581 | $9,944 | +52% |
|
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Complications
MS-DRG 433 · Inpatient stay |
$71,537 | $8,282 | +56% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications
MS-DRG 176 · Inpatient stay |
$55,445 | $5,641 | +58% |
|
Major Chest Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 163 · Inpatient stay |
$290,361 | $32,508 | +64% |
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.