22/100
#2,114 nationally
Memorial Satilla Health
1900 Tebeau Street, Waycross, GA 31501 · (912) 287-2500
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Memorial Satilla Health billed $6.59 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
- 6.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 38
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in GA
- #62
- 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.
Better than 21% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 17% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 24% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 33% 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 |
227 | $83,663 | $14,550 | +28% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
142 | $26,814 | $2,516 | +38% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
141 | $21,929 | $2,166 | +87% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
85 | $53,774 | $10,504 | +24% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
52 | $22,509 | $1,478 | +123% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
44 | $53,571 | $5,425 | +53% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
42 | $61,659 | $11,070 | +16% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
40 | $68,413 | $9,910 | +47% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
40 | $38,456 | $7,128 | +17% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
35 | $41,615 | $8,489 | +6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$228,296 | $13,516 | +124% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,509 | $1,478 | +123% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,299 | $1,788 | +96% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,929 | $2,166 | +87% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,106 | $3,043 | +82% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,716 | $1,687 | +76% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$68,401 | $7,792 | +66% |
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$69,726 | $8,919 | +59% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$60,455 | $14,519 | -21% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$34,182 | $7,532 | about average |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Major Complications
MS-DRG 091 · Inpatient stay |
$72,684 | $13,575 | about average |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$43,082 | $9,153 | +6% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$41,615 | $8,489 | +6% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$33,269 | $6,698 | +9% |
|
Hypertension without Major Complications
MS-DRG 305 · Inpatient stay |
$36,534 | $6,333 | +9% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$54,424 | $10,112 | +12% |
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.