49/100
#1,298 nationally
Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital
1700 Medical Center Parkway, Murfreesboro, TN 37129 · (615) 396-4100
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital billed $4.67 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
- 4.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 129
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TN
- #28
- 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 50% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 39% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 58% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 47% 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 |
511 | $13,788 | $2,340 | -29% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
353 | $54,138 | $15,012 | -17% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
268 | $62,911 | $11,187 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
243 | $33,309 | $10,401 | -23% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
237 | $28,152 | $2,803 | +12% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
179 | $35,198 | $10,806 | -24% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
144 | $10,006 | $1,384 | about average |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
128 | $16,362 | $2,712 | -14% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
111 | $48,073 | $13,447 | -13% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
107 | $39,910 | $6,164 | about average |
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 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$43,789 | $3,226 | +93% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications
MS-DRG 176 · Inpatient stay |
$66,208 | $7,941 | +89% |
|
Complex GI Procedures
APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$48,142 | $4,637 | +61% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$49,530 | $4,853 | +43% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$136,324 | $13,195 | +43% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$94,149 | $9,276 | +39% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$48,165 | $4,971 | +37% |
|
Coronary Bypass without Cardiac Catheterization without Major Complications
MS-DRG 236 · Inpatient stay |
$245,598 | $30,259 | +34% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour with Complications
MS-DRG 086 · Inpatient stay |
$23,784 | $10,176 | -58% |
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 300 · Inpatient stay |
$19,298 | $8,570 | -55% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$35,338 | $15,016 | -55% |
|
Back Problems (severe)
MS-DRG 551 · Inpatient stay |
$35,394 | $13,311 | -49% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$24,878 | $10,205 | -48% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$21,158 | $7,370 | -43% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,559 | $1,385 | -42% |
|
Major Chest Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 163 · Inpatient stay |
$103,880 | $34,128 | -41% |
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.