CostGrade

All published prices at Medical West, An Affiliate Of Uab Health System

33 procedures, each showing what the hospital billed, what that care was actually paid for, and how the charge compares with the national middle for the same coded work.

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Procedure Patients Charged Actually paid vs national
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

162 $12,957 $2,230 -33%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

98 $44,979 $13,694 -31%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

95 $6,336 $1,536 -46%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

52 $12,861 $1,889 +9%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

47 $32,447 $9,795 -30%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

41 $21,197 $9,593 -51%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

40 $25,335 $4,817 -28%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

33 $8,312 $1,321 -18%
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay

31 $23,514 $6,748 -21%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

30 $31,667 $5,972 -21%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

26 $47,765 $10,975 -24%
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay

25 $20,151 $6,581 -38%
Heart Attack (severe)

MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay

24 $28,684 $11,030 -53%
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay

24 $30,164 $8,949 -26%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

23 $18,192 $2,515 -11%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

21 $30,577 $11,380 -44%
COPD (severe)

MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay

21 $25,631 $8,345 -39%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

20 $22,741 $8,217 -42%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

19 $15,580 $2,724 -38%
Skin Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay

17 $21,066 $7,000 -31%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

17 $19,216 $2,910 -7%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

17 $15,041 $1,612 +33%
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)

MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay

16 $26,957 $7,651 -35%
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)

MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay

15 $137,405 $32,932 -23%
Pneumonia (with complications)

MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay

14 $16,384 $7,649 -48%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

14 $12,687 $2,509 -34%
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

12 $29,465 $9,153 -39%
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)

MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay

12 $61,592 $14,032 -26%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay

12 $29,591 $9,583 -39%
Fainting

MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay

11 $21,951 $6,622 -40%
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit

11 $12,248 $2,372 -31%
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures

APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit

11 $14,422 $3,182 -40%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

11 $16,277 $1,454 +26%

These figures are averages across this hospital's Medicare patients in the most recent federal data year. They are not a quote and not your bill. For your own case, ask the hospital for a written good-faith estimate and check its published machine-readable price file.