8/100
#2,445 nationally
Merit Health Wesley
5001 W Hardy St, Hattiesburg, MS 39402 · (601) 268-8000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Merit Health Wesley billed $10.55 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
- 10.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 48
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MS
- #33
- 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 6% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 9% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 8% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 11% 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 |
167 | $32,726 | $2,261 | +68% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
136 | $159,970 | $16,016 | +145% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
83 | $45,705 | $2,903 | +121% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
48 | $124,289 | $11,625 | +186% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
39 | $68,641 | $2,718 | +172% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
38 | $45,870 | $4,235 | +67% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
35 | $121,433 | $9,209 | +190% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
34 | $174,333 | $25,587 | +40% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
33 | $76,676 | $7,707 | +133% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
32 | $170,126 | $9,158 | +151% |
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 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$66,706 | $2,655 | +249% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$111,170 | $4,760 | +221% |
|
Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Major
MS-DRG 981 · Inpatient stay |
$574,076 | $35,939 | +213% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$121,433 | $9,209 | +190% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$124,289 | $11,625 | +186% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$136,671 | $10,605 | +182% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$158,185 | $15,088 | +178% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$68,641 | $2,718 | +172% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$88,852 | $15,491 | +7% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$46,390 | $5,431 | +17% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$72,782 | $7,940 | +22% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$82,084 | $10,206 | +31% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$174,333 | $25,587 | +40% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$115,054 | $15,940 | +44% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$61,564 | $5,958 | +54% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$54,272 | $4,688 | +55% |
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.