40/100
#1,591 nationally
Hamilton Medical Center
1200 Memorial Drive, Dalton, GA 30720 · (706) 272-6105
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Hamilton Medical Center billed $5.32 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
- 5.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 84
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in GA
- #32
- 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 36% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 40% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 39% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 61% 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 |
407 | $23,556 | $2,452 | +21% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
213 | $16,098 | $1,721 | +37% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
198 | $54,370 | $12,131 | +25% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
151 | $23,704 | $2,933 | -6% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
124 | $53,912 | $12,212 | +16% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
121 | $90,070 | $17,754 | +38% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
120 | $9,119 | $1,446 | -10% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
110 | $71,885 | $11,607 | +15% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
82 | $19,579 | $2,850 | about average |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
65 | $23,263 | $3,139 | +13% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$141,665 | $24,164 | +86% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications
MS-DRG 243 · Inpatient stay |
$145,906 | $19,674 | +56% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$45,910 | $8,486 | +50% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$255,055 | $51,265 | +43% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,223 | $1,384 | +43% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$90,070 | $17,754 | +38% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours
MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay |
$155,587 | $28,624 | +37% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,098 | $1,721 | +37% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,642 | $5,010 | -40% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,384 | $2,591 | -36% |
|
Seizures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay |
$26,842 | $8,901 | -34% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$59,305 | $18,063 | -27% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay |
$52,004 | $15,638 | -21% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$49,796 | $12,760 | -19% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$37,079 | $9,606 | -19% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$31,050 | $8,409 | -15% |
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.