Ungraded
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
201 West Avalon Avenue, Muscle Shoals, AL 35661 · (256) 386-1601
Not enough published pricing to grade
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, North Alabama Shoals Hospital 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
- 4
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AL
- —
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- Not rated
- shown for context, not in the grade
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 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
108 | $10,607 | $1,907 | -10% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
25 | $19,073 | $2,204 | about average |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
21 | $16,848 | $8,136 | -48% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
18 | $14,590 | $2,308 | -25% |
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 |
$19,073 | $2,204 | about average |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,607 | $1,907 | -10% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,590 | $2,308 | -25% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
$16,848 | $8,136 | -48% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
$16,848 | $8,136 | -48% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,590 | $2,308 | -25% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,607 | $1,907 | -10% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,073 | $2,204 | about average |
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.