10/100
#2,402 nationally
Princeton Baptist Medical Center
701 Princeton Avenue Southwest, Birmingham, AL 35211 · (205) 783-3800
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Princeton Baptist Medical Center billed $9.28 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
- 9.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 56
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AL
- #37
- 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 10% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 5% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 10% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 22% 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 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
190 | $50,825 | $2,560 | +101% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
141 | $144,297 | $16,938 | +121% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
104 | $74,426 | $12,333 | +71% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
58 | $31,736 | $2,397 | +66% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
47 | $316,441 | $34,443 | +78% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
46 | $130,173 | $8,360 | +92% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
41 | $440,756 | $51,994 | +64% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
40 | $101,349 | $15,175 | +65% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
39 | $38,159 | $2,061 | +96% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
31 | $223,530 | $18,608 | +69% |
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 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$38,862 | $1,491 | +201% |
|
Complex GI Procedures
APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$87,178 | $4,413 | +191% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$92,369 | $9,909 | +186% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$59,602 | $2,347 | +156% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$150,519 | $7,494 | +152% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$150,337 | $9,974 | +141% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$87,359 | $9,275 | +139% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$93,350 | $5,675 | +134% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$47,418 | $11,214 | -5% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$64,608 | $12,906 | +33% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$69,095 | $8,304 | +34% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$53,878 | $5,713 | +40% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$53,112 | $8,101 | +43% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$77,290 | $12,926 | +46% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay |
$355,531 | $36,475 | +48% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$47,146 | $9,122 | +54% |
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.