86/100
#166 nationally
Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital
4401 River Chase Drive, Phenix City, AL 36867 · (334) 732-3000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital billed $2.96 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
- 3.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 18
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AL
- #4
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 91% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 90% 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 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
531 | $33,094 | $10,756 | -47% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
139 | $15,671 | $5,673 | -61% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
128 | $47,977 | $15,345 | -42% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
75 | $41,901 | $15,162 | -48% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
56 | $78,328 | $31,440 | -56% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
49 | $8,956 | $2,627 | -56% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
46 | $5,522 | $1,322 | -51% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
24 | $66,872 | $24,073 | -54% |
|
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 472 · Inpatient stay |
24 | $41,773 | $20,283 | -65% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay |
23 | $96,041 | $19,817 | -11% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay |
$96,041 | $19,817 | -11% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement with Complications
MS-DRG 467 · Inpatient stay |
$92,052 | $24,645 | -29% |
|
Major Joint or Limb Reattachment Procedures of Upper Extremities
MS-DRG 483 · Inpatient stay |
$67,399 | $16,340 | -34% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$47,977 | $15,345 | -42% |
|
Knee Procedures without Principal Diagnosis of Infection without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 489 · Inpatient stay |
$22,284 | $9,012 | -44% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,461 | $2,170 | -46% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,094 | $10,756 | -47% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$41,901 | $15,162 | -48% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 472 · Inpatient stay |
$41,773 | $20,283 | -65% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,671 | $5,673 | -61% |
|
Cervical Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 473 · Inpatient stay |
$38,567 | $16,196 | -57% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,956 | $2,627 | -56% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
$78,328 | $31,440 | -56% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$37,177 | $14,818 | -55% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$66,872 | $24,073 | -54% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay |
$104,516 | $42,166 | -53% |
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.