22/100
#2,123 nationally
Savannah Health Services Llc Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center
4700 Waters Avenue, Savannah, GA 31404 · (912) 350-3691
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Savannah Health Services Llc Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center billed $6.88 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
- 6.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 164
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in GA
- #64
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 1/5
- 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 22% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 12% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 29% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 23% 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 |
457 | $20,672 | $2,282 | +6% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
367 | $76,285 | $16,561 | +17% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
233 | $187,229 | $25,425 | +50% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
229 | $284,560 | $19,678 | +115% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
226 | $105,109 | $10,944 | +68% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
187 | $40,946 | $11,592 | -6% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
177 | $15,700 | $1,594 | +34% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
158 | $15,998 | $1,371 | +59% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
130 | $90,479 | $16,086 | +19% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
130 | $50,238 | $4,846 | +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 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$98,066 | $5,785 | +155% |
|
Extracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 039 · Inpatient stay |
$123,836 | $10,443 | +133% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$51,788 | $3,003 | +128% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$185,976 | $15,720 | +124% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$210,493 | $14,396 | +120% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$284,560 | $19,678 | +115% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,325 | $2,577 | +113% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,219 | $1,354 | +112% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$29,995 | $8,003 | -32% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$30,187 | $8,399 | -28% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$36,262 | $11,575 | -27% |
|
Major Hematological and Immunological Diagnoses Except Sickle Cell Crisis and Coagulatio
MS-DRG 808 · Inpatient stay |
$77,295 | $18,286 | -27% |
|
Disorders of the Biliary Tract with Major Complications
MS-DRG 444 · Inpatient stay |
$52,890 | $14,647 | -26% |
|
Hypertension without Major Complications
MS-DRG 305 · Inpatient stay |
$24,918 | $6,863 | -26% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$38,566 | $11,734 | -25% |
|
Major Hematological and Immunological Diagnoses Except Sickle Cell Crisis and Coagulatio
MS-DRG 809 · Inpatient stay |
$41,543 | $10,465 | -24% |
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.