53/100
#1,161 nationally
Murray-Calloway County Hospital
803 Poplar Street, Murray, KY 42071 · (270) 762-1100
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Murray-Calloway County Hospital billed $4.89 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
- 4.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 50
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in KY
- #23
- 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.
Better than 51% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 46% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 57% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 64% 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 |
239 | $17,390 | $2,296 | -11% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
192 | $9,094 | $1,947 | -23% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
113 | $50,769 | $15,644 | -22% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
84 | $36,073 | $2,738 | +43% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
69 | $43,547 | $10,901 | -30% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
62 | $24,080 | $4,841 | -31% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
48 | $14,548 | $2,630 | -24% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
47 | $93,037 | $9,224 | +38% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
46 | $31,639 | $10,362 | -27% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
46 | $13,101 | $1,565 | +15% |
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 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,073 | $2,738 | +43% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$71,103 | $8,955 | +38% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$93,037 | $9,224 | +38% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$48,980 | $9,552 | +20% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,101 | $1,565 | +15% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,425 | $1,360 | +13% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$114,457 | $18,844 | +12% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$34,351 | $6,502 | +10% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,167 | $8,133 | -38% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,480 | $1,596 | -36% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,882 | $2,355 | -34% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications
MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay |
$56,470 | $16,615 | -34% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$22,475 | $7,194 | -32% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$56,929 | $15,604 | -31% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,080 | $4,841 | -31% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$54,941 | $15,033 | -31% |
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.