18/100
#2,228 nationally
Parkridge Medical Center
2333 Mccallie Ave, Chattanooga, TN 37404 · (423) 894-4220
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Parkridge Medical Center billed $7.85 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
- 7.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 97
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TN
- #50
- 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 13% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 30% 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 |
278 | $112,609 | $14,256 | +73% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
212 | $75,697 | $10,977 | +21% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
161 | $70,720 | $11,431 | +96% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
140 | $32,651 | $2,270 | +68% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
137 | $84,385 | $10,520 | +94% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
108 | $66,257 | $2,726 | +163% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
98 | $27,821 | $2,701 | +37% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
88 | $46,198 | $5,719 | +16% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
80 | $79,704 | $10,243 | +71% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
79 | $14,423 | $1,315 | +28% |
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 |
$66,257 | $2,726 | +163% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$233,718 | $14,296 | +145% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$165,519 | $9,370 | +145% |
|
Chest Pain
MS-DRG 313 · Inpatient stay |
$75,595 | $5,985 | +124% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$295,346 | $19,645 | +123% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$76,781 | $4,583 | +122% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization without Major
MS-DRG 287 · Inpatient stay |
$114,192 | $9,729 | +109% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$70,720 | $11,431 | +96% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay |
$190,616 | $42,211 | -14% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
$164,918 | $33,562 | -7% |
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 300 · Inpatient stay |
$41,362 | $8,136 | -4% |
|
Female Reproductive System Reconstructive Procedures
MS-DRG 748 · Inpatient stay |
$58,431 | $10,495 | about average |
|
Extracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 039 · Inpatient stay |
$55,304 | $11,203 | +4% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$59,345 | $11,554 | +5% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$38,438 | $4,917 | +9% |
|
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 472 · Inpatient stay |
$133,305 | $20,343 | +12% |
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.