91/100
#69 nationally
Leconte Medical Center
742 Middlecreek Road, Sevierville, TN 37862 · (865) 446-7500
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Leconte Medical Center billed $2.31 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
- 2.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 25
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TN
- #4
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- 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 88% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 90% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% 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 |
128 | $27,212 | $13,479 | -58% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
117 | $9,829 | $2,213 | -49% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
49 | $25,339 | $9,426 | -42% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
46 | $5,674 | $1,337 | -44% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
38 | $11,276 | $4,496 | -68% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
33 | $8,295 | $1,875 | -29% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
27 | $6,298 | $2,551 | -67% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
26 | $5,287 | $1,569 | -55% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
25 | $18,994 | $7,841 | -52% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
25 | $7,907 | $2,269 | -55% |
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 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,295 | $1,875 | -29% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$25,339 | $9,426 | -42% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,674 | $1,337 | -44% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$25,599 | $9,285 | -47% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,829 | $2,213 | -49% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$18,994 | $7,841 | -52% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$13,701 | $6,500 | -54% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$18,761 | $7,756 | -55% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$42,998 | $31,596 | -76% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,498 | $1,326 | -69% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$24,249 | $12,750 | -68% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,276 | $4,496 | -68% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,298 | $2,551 | -67% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$19,254 | $9,901 | -66% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,521 | $5,378 | -63% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$12,005 | $6,526 | -63% |
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.