CostGrade
B

65/100

#796 nationally

Mobile Infirmary Medical Center

5 Mobile Infirmary Circle, Mobile, AL 36607 · (251) 435-4700

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mobile Infirmary Medical Center billed $4.09 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
4.1x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
137
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in AL
#24
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.

Inpatient charge markup 17.7/35

Better than 51% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 19.0/25

Better than 76% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 22.7/30

Better than 76% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 5.3/10

Better than 54% 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
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

198 $16,304 $2,598 -35%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

189 $62,343 $14,203 -4%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

177 $37,216 $10,534 -40%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

168 $39,617 $9,587 -9%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

158 $10,270 $2,138 -47%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

154 $5,888 $1,500 -50%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

153 $5,453 $1,291 -46%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

139 $12,866 $4,620 -63%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

101 $4,907 $1,662 -62%
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures

APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit

96 $131,055 $19,458 about average

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
COPD (severe)

MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay

$74,682 $9,098 +78%
Seizures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay

$125,958 $28,250 +56%
Skin Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 602 · Inpatient stay

$69,535 $9,109 +35%
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

$60,621 $12,057 +25%
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 202 · Inpatient stay

$47,461 $8,195 +21%
COPD (with complications)

MS-DRG 191 · Inpatient stay

$35,710 $6,607 +7%
Back Problems (severe)

MS-DRG 551 · Inpatient stay

$72,626 $15,967 +5%
Kidney Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay

$55,167 $11,186 +4%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

$5,790 $2,550 -72%
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures

APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit

$7,153 $3,074 -70%
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures

APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit

$13,910 $5,407 -65%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

$12,866 $4,620 -63%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

$10,091 $4,168 -63%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$4,907 $1,662 -62%
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Complications

MS-DRG 271 · Inpatient stay

$57,659 $27,024 -62%
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit

$6,852 $2,211 -61%

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