72/100
#582 nationally
North Mississippi Medical Center
830 S Gloster Street, Tupelo, MS 38801 · (662) 377-6608
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, North Mississippi Medical Center billed $3.79 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
- 3.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 206
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MS
- #15
- 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.
Better than 61% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 78% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 82% 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 |
937 | $12,584 | $2,432 | -35% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
573 | $52,581 | $14,653 | -19% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
559 | $8,321 | $1,432 | -17% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
536 | $19,350 | $2,886 | -23% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
301 | $28,852 | $9,701 | -34% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
295 | $19,859 | $5,094 | -43% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
273 | $24,101 | $6,368 | -40% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
259 | $48,409 | $9,826 | -28% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
254 | $8,069 | $1,715 | -29% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
245 | $82,425 | $20,924 | -38% |
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 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$52,621 | $6,035 | +37% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,663 | $613 | +17% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,624 | $3,608 | +14% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,252 | $2,090 | +13% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,342 | $1,424 | +9% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,479 | $2,903 | +5% |
|
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5493 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,534 | $4,482 | +5% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,793 | $1,441 | +5% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Interstitial Lung Disease with Major Complications
MS-DRG 196 · Inpatient stay |
$29,291 | $13,816 | -63% |
|
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Complications
MS-DRG 442 · Inpatient stay |
$15,495 | $7,012 | -63% |
|
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 535 · Inpatient stay |
$22,350 | $9,556 | -57% |
|
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major
MS-DRG 441 · Inpatient stay |
$33,044 | $12,476 | -57% |
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 252 · Inpatient stay |
$64,305 | $23,820 | -56% |
|
Major Esophageal Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 368 · Inpatient stay |
$36,427 | $12,342 | -54% |
|
O.r. Procedures for Obesity without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 621 · Inpatient stay |
$30,557 | $10,248 | -53% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$26,667 | $10,485 | -53% |
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.