6/100
#2,486 nationally
Merit Health River Region
2100 Hwy 61 N, Vicksburg, MS 39183 · (601) 883-5000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Merit Health River Region billed $12.60 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
- 12.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 49
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MS
- #35
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 3% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 6% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 6% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 13% 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 |
138 | $174,630 | $13,993 | +168% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
86 | $44,044 | $2,840 | +75% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
78 | $62,030 | $3,110 | +200% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
70 | $34,248 | $2,386 | +76% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
49 | $10,760 | $1,405 | +25% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
48 | $108,766 | $9,920 | +151% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
40 | $20,710 | $1,410 | +105% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
39 | $126,853 | $9,806 | +87% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
38 | $36,367 | $2,784 | +90% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
37 | $73,938 | $6,160 | +148% |
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 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$133,174 | $4,576 | +269% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$188,309 | $9,203 | +266% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$99,287 | $6,668 | +225% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$101,685 | $6,223 | +220% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$131,790 | $8,086 | +215% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$113,821 | $7,578 | +201% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$62,030 | $3,110 | +200% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$130,491 | $10,004 | +180% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,760 | $1,405 | +25% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$69,933 | $9,301 | +44% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$416,253 | $47,285 | +55% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$138,550 | $14,956 | +57% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$156,260 | $15,610 | +64% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$136,406 | $14,320 | +64% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,044 | $2,840 | +75% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,248 | $2,386 | +76% |
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.