CostGrade
A

81/100

#327 nationally

Springhill Medical Center

3719 Dauphin Street, Mobile, AL 36608 · (251) 460-5220

Charges close to what care is actually paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Springhill Medical Center billed $3.41 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
3.4x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
60
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in AL
#8
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.

Inpatient charge markup 24.3/35

Better than 69% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 21.0/25

Better than 84% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 26.8/30

Better than 89% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 8.8/10

Better than 88% 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

302 $9,271 $2,246 -52%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

156 $19,799 $2,651 -22%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

102 $30,492 $10,628 -51%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

94 $22,356 $9,028 -49%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

87 $11,281 $1,484 -4%
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay

85 $120,930 $39,007 -50%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

84 $13,624 $5,766 -66%
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications

MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay

74 $91,294 $20,465 -27%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

68 $5,638 $1,651 -56%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

65 $37,951 $12,756 -42%

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 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,281 $1,484 -4%
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit

$17,939 $3,105 -21%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

$19,799 $2,651 -22%
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures

APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit

$14,093 $2,460 -22%
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit

$29,594 $5,486 -23%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

$25,825 $4,576 -26%
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit

$70,202 $14,513 -27%
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications

MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay

$91,294 $20,465 -27%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)

MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay

$14,874 $8,311 -69%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications

MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay

$24,919 $15,359 -68%
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)

MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay

$10,092 $5,436 -67%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

$13,624 $5,766 -66%
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Complications

MS-DRG 472 · Inpatient stay

$43,839 $18,648 -63%
Irregular Heartbeat (uncomplicated)

MS-DRG 310 · Inpatient stay

$10,073 $4,361 -60%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay

$12,377 $5,629 -59%
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications

MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay

$12,701 $6,144 -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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