58/100
#1,022 nationally
St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare
2122 Manchester Expressway, Columbus, GA 31995 · (706) 596-4020
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare billed $4.55 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
- 4.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 87
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in GA
- #18
- 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.
Better than 40% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 72% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 66% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 58% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
258 | $17,007 | $2,746 | -33% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
243 | $68,251 | $14,380 | +5% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
153 | $1,175 | $574 | -63% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
140 | $16,533 | $2,274 | -15% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
105 | $38,700 | $9,877 | -11% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
92 | $8,975 | $1,335 | -11% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
89 | $5,394 | $1,722 | -58% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
88 | $50,292 | $11,733 | -18% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
88 | $19,942 | $4,374 | -27% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
82 | $21,989 | $8,960 | -57% |
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 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,035 | $2,924 | +46% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,485 | $1,359 | +38% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,910 | $4,204 | +23% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,442 | $2,474 | +23% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay |
$79,842 | $10,890 | +21% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,386 | $2,533 | +15% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,271 | $2,643 | +12% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$62,490 | $11,529 | +10% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,623 | $18,428 | -74% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,175 | $574 | -63% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$56,267 | $27,727 | -62% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,691 | $16,435 | -58% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,394 | $1,722 | -58% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,966 | $7,181 | -58% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,989 | $8,960 | -57% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,301 | $1,354 | -50% |
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.