68/100
#708 nationally
Saint Thomas Hospital For Spinal Surgery
2011 Murphy Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203 · (615) 515-8200
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Saint Thomas Hospital For Spinal Surgery billed $4.12 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
- 11
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TN
- #18
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- Not rated
- 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 72% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 61% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 76% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 46% 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 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
235 | $83,403 | $15,610 | about average |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
224 | $57,660 | $11,067 | -8% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
195 | $33,262 | $5,945 | -17% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
121 | $75,016 | $23,775 | -48% |
|
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 472 · Inpatient stay |
58 | $58,603 | $19,714 | -51% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay |
35 | $105,252 | $39,576 | -53% |
|
Multiple Level Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 448 · Inpatient stay |
34 | $78,370 | $27,635 | -45% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
33 | $14,027 | $1,543 | +24% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical with Spinal Curvature, Malignancy, Infection or Extensive
MS-DRG 457 · Inpatient stay |
23 | $107,504 | $40,164 | -63% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
17 | $100,962 | $28,963 | -43% |
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 |
$14,027 | $1,543 | +24% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$83,403 | $15,610 | about average |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$57,660 | $11,067 | -8% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,262 | $5,945 | -17% |
|
Cervical Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 473 · Inpatient stay |
$56,062 | $16,444 | -38% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
$100,962 | $28,963 | -43% |
|
Multiple Level Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 448 · Inpatient stay |
$78,370 | $27,635 | -45% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$75,016 | $23,775 | -48% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical with Spinal Curvature, Malignancy, Infection or Extensive
MS-DRG 457 · Inpatient stay |
$107,504 | $40,164 | -63% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay |
$105,252 | $39,576 | -53% |
|
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 472 · Inpatient stay |
$58,603 | $19,714 | -51% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$75,016 | $23,775 | -48% |
|
Multiple Level Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 448 · Inpatient stay |
$78,370 | $27,635 | -45% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
$100,962 | $28,963 | -43% |
|
Cervical Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 473 · Inpatient stay |
$56,062 | $16,444 | -38% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,262 | $5,945 | -17% |
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.