55/100
#1,111 nationally
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital
417 Third Avenue, Albany, GA 31703 · (229) 312-4068
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital billed $3.94 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
- 3.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 99
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in GA
- #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.
Better than 67% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 52% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 53% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 33% 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 |
328 | $18,706 | $2,545 | -4% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
278 | $8,996 | $1,765 | -23% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
230 | $24,760 | $5,363 | -28% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
153 | $36,168 | $12,713 | -17% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
148 | $8,709 | $1,470 | -14% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
141 | $64,620 | $19,251 | about average |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
113 | $19,654 | $2,958 | about average |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
99 | $18,237 | $2,675 | +3% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
89 | $19,254 | $3,164 | -7% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
80 | $44,231 | $5,432 | +26% |
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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,989 | $643 | +219% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$148,617 | $20,541 | +84% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$143,312 | $18,300 | +50% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$218,395 | $30,876 | +47% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$53,452 | $5,867 | +35% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,105 | $1,518 | +32% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,337 | $3,409 | +31% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,491 | $3,257 | +31% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$44,442 | $19,061 | -45% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 394 · Inpatient stay |
$21,868 | $9,905 | -44% |
|
Hypertension with Major Complications
MS-DRG 304 · Inpatient stay |
$29,384 | $11,270 | -41% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 310 · Inpatient stay |
$14,963 | $5,913 | -41% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 273 · Inpatient stay |
$112,455 | $37,525 | -39% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$19,196 | $7,846 | -39% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,915 | $3,827 | -38% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$19,835 | $7,426 | -35% |
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.