CostGrade
C

43/100

#1,492 nationally

Methodist Hospitals Of Memphis

1265 Union Ave Suite 700, Memphis, TN 38104 · (901) 516-8274

Charges well above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Methodist Hospitals Of Memphis billed $4.73 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
4.7x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
217
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in TN
#32
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.

Inpatient charge markup 16.7/35

Better than 48% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 7.1/25

Better than 28% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 14.8/30

Better than 49% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 4.8/10

Better than 48% 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

1,289 $20,489 $2,276 +5%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

963 $65,044 $17,292 about average
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

459 $44,428 $12,173 about average
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

441 $39,554 $2,693 +57%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

307 $9,531 $1,338 -5%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

303 $63,742 $11,029 about average
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures

APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit

176 $176,696 $19,663 +33%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

163 $32,115 $4,788 -9%
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit

160 $91,310 $9,113 +35%
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)

MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay

156 $168,897 $40,772 -5%

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
Major Hematological and Immunological Diagnoses Except Sickle Cell Crisis and Coagulatio

MS-DRG 808 · Inpatient stay

$246,389 $59,300 +131%
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit

$113,252 $8,909 +120%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

$6,117 $574 +95%
Level 1 Icd and Similar Procedures

APC 5231 · Hospital outpatient visit

$166,710 $19,741 +77%
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 244 · Inpatient stay

$120,023 $15,481 +57%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

$39,554 $2,693 +57%
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications

MS-DRG 243 · Inpatient stay

$146,547 $19,809 +56%
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay

$259,363 $41,324 +47%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
ECMO or Tracheostomy with Mechanical Ventilation >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except

MS-DRG 003 · Inpatient stay

$435,213 $129,865 -50%
Tracheostomy with Mechanical Ventilation >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except Face

MS-DRG 004 · Inpatient stay

$284,458 $78,398 -47%
Other Respiratory System Diagnoses with Major Complications

MS-DRG 205 · Inpatient stay

$40,801 $13,853 -47%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours

MS-DRG 207 · Inpatient stay

$140,821 $49,169 -45%
Lymphoma and Non-acute Leukemia with Complications

MS-DRG 841 · Inpatient stay

$50,096 $14,392 -45%
Postoperative or Post-traumatic Infections with Operating Room Procedures with Major

MS-DRG 856 · Inpatient stay

$109,072 $33,261 -43%
Lymphoma and Non-acute Leukemia with Major Complications

MS-DRG 840 · Inpatient stay

$84,667 $26,777 -41%
Complications of Treatment with Major Complications

MS-DRG 919 · Inpatient stay

$46,987 $15,711 -37%

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.