52/100
#1,195 nationally
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
2525 Desales Ave, Chattanooga, TN 37404 · (423) 495-2525
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Memorial Healthcare System, Inc billed $4.90 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
- 4.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 197
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TN
- #27
- 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 41% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 51% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 67% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 51% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,054 | $21,669 | $2,285 | +12% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
591 | $51,124 | $12,412 | -22% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
414 | $25,285 | $2,738 | about average |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
355 | $10,759 | $1,673 | -17% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
336 | $11,331 | $1,606 | -4% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
301 | $35,064 | $8,318 | -19% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
293 | $9,013 | $1,375 | -11% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
272 | $49,183 | $10,854 | -21% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
272 | $16,768 | $2,919 | -19% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
263 | $19,270 | $4,370 | -30% |
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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,183 | $582 | +193% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$73,259 | $5,776 | +90% |
|
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Complications
MS-DRG 847 · Inpatient stay |
$96,451 | $15,502 | +80% |
|
Level 3 ENT Procedures
APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,241 | $1,300 | +44% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,360 | $1,628 | +27% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,669 | $2,285 | +12% |
|
Chemotherapy with Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis or with High Dose Chemotherapy a
MS-DRG 837 · Inpatient stay |
$196,359 | $61,914 | +5% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,030 | $1,351 | +5% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Soft Tissue Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 501 · Inpatient stay |
$40,671 | $10,524 | -61% |
|
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Major Complications
MS-DRG 371 · Inpatient stay |
$27,831 | $11,405 | -59% |
|
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major
MS-DRG 441 · Inpatient stay |
$35,357 | $12,647 | -54% |
|
Carotid Artery Stent Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 036 · Inpatient stay |
$32,749 | $12,929 | -54% |
|
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 846 · Inpatient stay |
$52,382 | $15,955 | -51% |
|
Other Respiratory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 205 · Inpatient stay |
$38,395 | $11,501 | -50% |
|
Level 1 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5231 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$49,599 | $20,039 | -47% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
$94,626 | $35,668 | -47% |
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.