89/100
#111 nationally
South Central Reg Med Ctr
1220 Jefferson St Box 607, Laurel, MS 39440 · (601) 426-4000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, South Central Reg Med Ctr billed $2.66 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
- 2.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 57
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MS
- #5
- 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 80% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 93% 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 |
409 | $8,323 | $2,341 | -57% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
136 | $33,189 | $13,802 | -49% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
85 | $13,988 | $5,615 | -53% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
79 | $27,775 | $8,593 | -43% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
79 | $4,763 | $1,382 | -53% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
78 | $14,898 | $6,257 | -63% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
60 | $20,145 | $8,965 | -54% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
59 | $9,685 | $2,778 | -62% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
47 | $22,885 | $9,127 | -51% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
45 | $11,351 | $2,677 | -41% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$45,120 | $12,847 | -5% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$21,113 | $5,794 | -33% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$27,124 | $8,325 | -33% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$18,983 | $5,741 | -40% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,351 | $2,677 | -41% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$27,775 | $8,593 | -43% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$21,847 | $7,175 | -44% |
|
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 202 · Inpatient stay |
$21,836 | $6,687 | -45% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
$6,143 | $6,030 | -81% |
|
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
MS-DRG 948 · Inpatient stay |
$8,740 | $5,581 | -73% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,295 | $3,026 | -69% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,084 | $1,713 | -68% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,725 | $1,664 | -68% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,797 | $2,209 | -67% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,159 | $4,525 | -67% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,444 | $5,703 | -66% |
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.