34/100
#1,779 nationally
Piedmont Mountainside Hospital Inc
1266 Highway 515 South, Jasper, GA 30143 · (706) 692-2441
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Piedmont Mountainside Hospital Inc billed $5.54 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
- 5.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 58
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in GA
- #39
- 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 43% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 21% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 35% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 28% 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 |
324 | $60,301 | $14,799 | -8% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
139 | $13,064 | $1,485 | +30% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
126 | $25,157 | $2,460 | +29% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
99 | $43,780 | $10,058 | about average |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
85 | $114,292 | $11,948 | +83% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
76 | $15,581 | $1,747 | +33% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
65 | $37,600 | $8,851 | -4% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
53 | $52,753 | $6,052 | +34% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
52 | $39,691 | $4,802 | +45% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
49 | $49,975 | $6,547 | +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 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,043 | $1,792 | +129% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,932 | $1,575 | +84% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$114,292 | $11,948 | +83% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$70,189 | $6,111 | +82% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,693 | $3,475 | +79% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,812 | $1,492 | +76% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,981 | $3,235 | +69% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,483 | $3,004 | +69% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$33,807 | $9,584 | -30% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$43,937 | $11,440 | -28% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$57,981 | $13,852 | -24% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$23,344 | $7,974 | -24% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$43,746 | $11,799 | -23% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$25,167 | $6,681 | -22% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$39,852 | $11,870 | -14% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$31,387 | $7,252 | -14% |
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.