45/100
#1,444 nationally
Southeast Health Medical Center
1108 Ross Clark Circle, Dothan, AL 36301 · (334) 793-8701
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Southeast Health Medical Center billed $5.00 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
- 5.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 131
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AL
- #27
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 41% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 40% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 55% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 48% 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 |
557 | $11,069 | $2,282 | -43% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
354 | $57,048 | $14,757 | -13% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
269 | $15,607 | $2,735 | -38% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
197 | $38,951 | $10,008 | -10% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
188 | $9,638 | $1,365 | -4% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
172 | $30,381 | $2,870 | +47% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
150 | $52,614 | $9,092 | about average |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
143 | $22,215 | $2,582 | +16% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
138 | $51,569 | $4,571 | +43% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
136 | $8,562 | $1,332 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Extracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 039 · Inpatient stay |
$90,166 | $9,713 | +69% |
|
Extracranial Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 038 · Inpatient stay |
$111,319 | $12,184 | +66% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$92,604 | $8,814 | +55% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,622 | $2,853 | +49% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,381 | $2,870 | +47% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$120,095 | $14,755 | +45% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,366 | $2,684 | +44% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$51,569 | $4,571 | +43% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$14,390 | $10,161 | -60% |
|
Seizures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay |
$21,109 | $7,230 | -48% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$26,027 | $10,432 | -46% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$47,858 | $16,784 | -46% |
|
Heart Attack (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 282 · Inpatient stay |
$21,104 | $7,449 | -45% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$32,039 | $10,975 | -43% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$29,224 | $9,950 | -43% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,069 | $2,282 | -43% |
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.