CostGrade
A

87/100

#153 nationally

Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus

2415 Parkwood Drive, Brunswick, GA 31520 · (912) 466-7000

Charges close to what care is actually paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus billed $2.69 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
96
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in GA
#1
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
2/5
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.

Inpatient charge markup 29.1/35

Better than 83% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 22.2/25

Better than 89% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 26.1/30

Better than 87% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 9.2/10

Better than 92% 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
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

314 $43,472 $18,354 -33%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

232 $10,860 $2,469 -44%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

192 $5,793 $1,451 -43%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

191 $38,635 $12,009 -38%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

185 $32,131 $11,972 -26%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

170 $15,315 $2,996 -39%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

127 $24,072 $5,163 -31%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

120 $8,900 $3,171 -57%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

117 $7,207 $1,760 -37%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

114 $10,508 $2,885 -45%

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 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit

$32,028 $7,798 -15%
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit

$42,255 $9,627 -18%
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications

MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay

$25,460 $11,220 -19%
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit

$65,811 $17,068 -21%
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures

APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit

$86,447 $28,418 -23%
Skin Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay

$22,763 $8,096 -25%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$32,131 $11,972 -26%
Digestive Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay

$37,976 $11,718 -26%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Major

MS-DRG 981 · Inpatient stay

$47,652 $43,079 -74%
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major

MS-DRG 441 · Inpatient stay

$24,362 $16,516 -68%
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major Complications

MS-DRG 432 · Inpatient stay

$27,389 $17,651 -66%
Level 4 Vascular Procedures

APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit

$12,717 $4,977 -65%
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.d.e. with Complications

MS-DRG 418 · Inpatient stay

$29,800 $15,070 -64%
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay

$25,939 $16,234 -61%
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 252 · Inpatient stay

$57,715 $30,907 -60%
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures

APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit

$6,768 $2,575 -59%

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.
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