Ungraded
#2,669 nationally
Merit Health Central
1850 Chadwick Dr, Jackson, MS 39204 · (601) 376-1000
Not enough published pricing to grade
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Merit Health Central billed $7.45 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
- 7.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 7
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MS
- #39
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
178 | $59,612 | $12,146 | +65% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
22 | $187,527 | $15,812 | +187% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
14 | $114,385 | $14,241 | +86% |
|
Depressive Neuroses
MS-DRG 881 · Inpatient stay |
13 | $48,440 | $9,440 | +120% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
13 | $56,282 | $2,581 | +123% |
|
Level 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
13 | $308,307 | $6,519 | +421% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
11 | $40,999 | $2,291 | +111% |
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 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$308,307 | $6,519 | +421% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$187,527 | $15,812 | +187% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$56,282 | $2,581 | +123% |
|
Depressive Neuroses
MS-DRG 881 · Inpatient stay |
$48,440 | $9,440 | +120% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,999 | $2,291 | +111% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$114,385 | $14,241 | +86% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$59,612 | $12,146 | +65% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$59,612 | $12,146 | +65% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$114,385 | $14,241 | +86% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,999 | $2,291 | +111% |
|
Depressive Neuroses
MS-DRG 881 · Inpatient stay |
$48,440 | $9,440 | +120% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$56,282 | $2,581 | +123% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$187,527 | $15,812 | +187% |
|
Level 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$308,307 | $6,519 | +421% |
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.