63/100
#843 nationally
Highland Community Hospital
130 Highland Pkwy, Picayune, MS 39466 · (601) 358-9400
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Highland Community Hospital billed $4.35 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
- 4.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 11
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MS
- #22
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 1/5
- 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 56% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 49% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 77% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 83% 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 |
157 | $14,850 | $2,287 | -24% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
55 | $39,125 | $10,874 | -40% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
33 | $25,722 | $7,557 | -41% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
25 | $37,836 | $9,816 | -31% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
19 | $13,504 | $1,711 | +5% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
17 | $8,900 | $1,598 | -24% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
15 | $30,541 | $7,662 | -37% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
14 | $34,625 | $7,898 | -26% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
14 | $26,663 | $7,021 | -35% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
11 | $19,587 | $4,495 | -44% |
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 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,504 | $1,711 | +5% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,850 | $2,287 | -24% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,900 | $1,598 | -24% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$34,625 | $7,898 | -26% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$37,836 | $9,816 | -31% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$26,663 | $7,021 | -35% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$30,541 | $7,662 | -37% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$39,125 | $10,874 | -40% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,415 | $2,192 | -55% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,587 | $4,495 | -44% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$25,722 | $7,557 | -41% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$39,125 | $10,874 | -40% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$30,541 | $7,662 | -37% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$26,663 | $7,021 | -35% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$37,836 | $9,816 | -31% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$34,625 | $7,898 | -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.