87/100
#145 nationally
Methodist Medical Center Of Oak Ridge
990 Oak Ridge Turnpike Box 529, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 · (865) 835-1000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Methodist Medical Center Of Oak Ridge billed $2.82 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
- 2.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 65
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TN
- #5
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 80% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 90% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 93% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 89% 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 |
297 | $34,135 | $13,341 | -48% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
120 | $8,719 | $2,627 | -65% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
110 | $22,007 | $9,500 | -49% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
98 | $6,117 | $1,321 | -39% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
89 | $10,607 | $2,217 | -45% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
66 | $12,079 | $4,759 | -66% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
61 | $20,868 | $5,803 | -48% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
58 | $36,019 | $11,521 | -35% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
55 | $8,071 | $2,515 | -58% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
52 | $4,693 | $1,533 | -60% |
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 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$113,889 | $25,537 | about average |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,041 | $6,980 | -23% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$59,472 | $14,936 | -28% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,434 | $8,803 | -31% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,869 | $10,843 | -33% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$27,604 | $8,123 | -34% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$36,019 | $11,521 | -35% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,466 | $7,194 | -36% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,173 | $3,158 | -76% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,252 | $1,325 | -71% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$22,793 | $12,652 | -70% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,683 | $14,435 | -67% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 854 · Inpatient stay |
$28,322 | $17,254 | -66% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,079 | $4,759 | -66% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,719 | $2,627 | -65% |
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$15,357 | $7,042 | -65% |
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.