CostGrade
B

65/100

#792 nationally

Jackson-Madison County General Hospital

620 Skyline Drive, Jackson, TN 38301 · (731) 541-5000

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Jackson-Madison County General Hospital billed $4.05 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
4.1x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
181
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in TN
#20
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.

Inpatient charge markup 18.8/35

Better than 54% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 17.8/25

Better than 71% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 21.2/30

Better than 71% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 7.2/10

Better than 72% 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
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

856 $57,409 $14,884 -12%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

813 $15,524 $2,422 -20%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

602 $7,083 $2,062 -40%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

503 $23,858 $2,881 -5%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

423 $56,014 $11,604 -10%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

398 $6,605 $1,420 -34%
Heart Attack (severe)

MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay

323 $42,009 $12,025 -32%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

311 $10,929 $2,807 -43%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

295 $40,992 $9,634 -6%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

276 $33,146 $6,268 -17%

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 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit

$21,124 $1,522 +85%
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)

MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay

$102,835 $15,453 +29%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay

$107,394 $20,377 +25%
Skin Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay

$35,738 $6,755 +17%
Respiratory Infection (with complications)

MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay

$39,957 $7,420 +7%
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit

$21,611 $3,604 +5%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,229 $1,732 about average
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit

$22,357 $3,358 about average

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour with Major Complications

MS-DRG 082 · Inpatient stay

$38,743 $16,895 -60%
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Central Nervous System Principal

MS-DRG 023 · Inpatient stay

$91,902 $40,141 -60%
Amputation for Circulatory System Disorders Except Upper Limb and Toe with Major

MS-DRG 239 · Inpatient stay

$80,280 $38,499 -59%
Nervous System Neoplasms with Major Complications

MS-DRG 054 · Inpatient stay

$27,036 $10,976 -59%
Major Chest Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 163 · Inpatient stay

$77,806 $36,507 -56%
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Central Nervous System Principal

MS-DRG 024 · Inpatient stay

$69,686 $27,798 -55%
Digestive Malignancy with Major Complications

MS-DRG 374 · Inpatient stay

$39,616 $15,404 -54%
Amputation for Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue Disorders with Major

MS-DRG 474 · Inpatient stay

$98,032 $31,576 -51%

What this page cannot tell you

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  • 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.
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