62/100
#886 nationally
Phoebe Sumter Medical Center
126 Highway 280 W, Americus, GA 31719 · (229) 931-1280
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Phoebe Sumter Medical Center billed $3.92 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
- 21
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in GA
- #14
- 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 66% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 50% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 61% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
84 | $8,964 | $1,944 | -24% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
68 | $20,374 | $2,325 | +5% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
37 | $28,913 | $11,349 | -33% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
36 | $48,429 | $16,424 | -26% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
27 | $45,953 | $11,295 | -5% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
21 | $49,515 | $13,459 | +6% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
21 | $35,591 | $4,715 | about average |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
19 | $11,424 | $1,616 | about average |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
18 | $58,786 | $11,165 | -6% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
17 | $23,666 | $8,504 | -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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$49,515 | $13,459 | +6% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,374 | $2,325 | +5% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,591 | $4,715 | about average |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,424 | $1,616 | about average |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$52,270 | $13,437 | -5% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$45,953 | $11,295 | -5% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$58,786 | $11,165 | -6% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,288 | $6,076 | -9% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,273 | $3,224 | -55% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$24,379 | $9,942 | -42% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$28,913 | $11,349 | -33% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$23,666 | $8,504 | -28% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$48,429 | $16,424 | -26% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,964 | $1,944 | -24% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,804 | $1,377 | -23% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$32,424 | $8,947 | -21% |
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.