37/100
#1,683 nationally
Memorial Health Meadows Hospital
One Meadows Parkway, Vidalia, GA 30474 · (912) 535-5828
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Memorial Health Meadows Hospital billed $5.07 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
- 5.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 30
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in GA
- #34
- 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 51% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 18% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 41% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 30% 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 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
106 | $29,133 | $2,915 | +15% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
94 | $51,689 | $14,814 | -21% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
75 | $31,560 | $10,714 | -27% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
55 | $21,675 | $2,478 | +12% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
55 | $22,219 | $2,018 | +89% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
50 | $20,512 | $1,785 | +59% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
49 | $12,122 | $1,444 | +20% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
40 | $33,610 | $3,156 | +63% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
31 | $42,960 | $11,386 | -8% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
28 | $33,659 | $11,913 | -36% |
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 |
$22,219 | $2,018 | +89% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$113,929 | $9,951 | +68% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,610 | $3,156 | +63% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,512 | $1,785 | +59% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,136 | $1,723 | +46% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$50,181 | $5,223 | +43% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$139,793 | $14,130 | +37% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,463 | $2,885 | +33% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$29,660 | $11,848 | -37% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$33,659 | $11,913 | -36% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$43,733 | $12,424 | -29% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$31,560 | $10,714 | -27% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$29,703 | $9,134 | -24% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$25,254 | $8,281 | -23% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$23,552 | $7,544 | -23% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$23,667 | $7,342 | -23% |
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.