42/100
#1,523 nationally
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
1530 Lone Oak Road, Paducah, KY 42003 · (270) 444-2444
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital billed $5.49 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
- 5.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 91
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in KY
- #28
- 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 30% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 48% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 46% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 55% 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 |
214 | $22,452 | $2,467 | +16% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
197 | $61,052 | $13,404 | -6% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
170 | $64,617 | $12,025 | +3% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
106 | $21,716 | $2,970 | -14% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
105 | $13,828 | $1,465 | +37% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
101 | $10,255 | $1,741 | -13% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
98 | $77,219 | $13,167 | -3% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
92 | $24,746 | $2,891 | +30% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
89 | $48,363 | $9,270 | +11% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
79 | $54,824 | $9,950 | -19% |
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 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,100 | $1,403 | +88% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,898 | $3,189 | +59% |
|
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
MS-DRG 948 · Inpatient stay |
$45,218 | $5,725 | +39% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$52,628 | $7,773 | +39% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,828 | $1,465 | +37% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement with Complications
MS-DRG 467 · Inpatient stay |
$177,290 | $23,824 | +36% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,208 | $3,165 | +34% |
|
Chest Pain
MS-DRG 313 · Inpatient stay |
$44,838 | $5,188 | +33% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$15,398 | $9,416 | -57% |
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,218 | $3,504 | -40% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$24,561 | $6,852 | -37% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$33,149 | $10,678 | -34% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$33,630 | $9,341 | -30% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$101,385 | $19,733 | -29% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$54,016 | $12,380 | -29% |
|
Seizures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay |
$29,692 | $6,515 | -27% |
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.