63/100
#854 nationally
Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta, Inc
5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, GA 30342 · (678) 843-7001
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta, Inc billed $4.06 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
- 4.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 137
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in GA
- #13
- 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 47% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 85% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 64% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 64% 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 |
633 | $15,459 | $2,429 | -20% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
323 | $38,289 | $11,748 | -39% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
295 | $54,374 | $21,087 | -59% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
269 | $65,700 | $14,234 | about average |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
245 | $19,476 | $2,886 | -23% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
227 | $42,461 | $9,329 | about average |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
123 | $7,926 | $1,415 | -21% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
117 | $45,013 | $11,585 | -18% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
117 | $39,462 | $9,809 | -42% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
116 | $8,772 | $1,698 | -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 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$95,368 | $6,997 | +61% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay |
$94,195 | $19,164 | +47% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours
MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay |
$145,339 | $26,571 | +28% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$100,806 | $24,140 | +25% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$54,481 | $9,017 | +15% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$201,867 | $56,034 | +13% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$61,584 | $9,958 | +13% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$42,773 | $6,150 | +11% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$49,890 | $29,474 | -66% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,697 | $17,470 | -64% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,414 | $9,495 | -60% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$49,545 | $22,439 | -60% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$54,374 | $21,087 | -59% |
|
Level 2 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5212 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,561 | $6,711 | -56% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,818 | $7,634 | -56% |
|
Aortic and Heart Assist Procedures Except Pulsation Balloon without Major Complications
MS-DRG 269 · Inpatient stay |
$81,185 | $29,583 | -51% |
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.