CostGrade
F

8/100

#2,451 nationally

St Francis Hospital

5959 Park Ave, Memphis, TN 38119 · (901) 765-1000

Among the highest charge markups in the country

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Francis Hospital billed $10.91 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
10.9x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
94
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in TN
#60
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.

Inpatient charge markup 1.8/35

Better than 5% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 1.9/25

Better than 7% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 2.9/30

Better than 10% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 1.0/10

Better than 10% 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

206 $146,453 $13,978 +124%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

130 $34,922 $2,841 +69%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

124 $130,310 $10,495 +109%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

123 $42,576 $2,583 +69%
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit

100 $98,798 $8,401 +65%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

85 $92,416 $9,354 +113%
Level 4 Vascular Procedures

APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit

76 $59,550 $4,500 +65%
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit

65 $44,109 $3,331 +113%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

64 $31,475 $1,657 +144%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

62 $88,739 $5,656 +123%

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 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

$48,626 $1,631 +328%
Level 6 Urology and Related Services

APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit

$186,348 $5,974 +319%
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures

APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit

$55,212 $2,057 +233%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

$9,193 $524 +193%
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay

$164,516 $12,111 +190%
Pneumonia (with complications)

MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay

$88,700 $5,779 +179%
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)

MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay

$482,525 $37,993 +171%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures

APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit

$59,179 $2,578 +155%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Lymphoma and Non-acute Leukemia with Complications

MS-DRG 841 · Inpatient stay

$40,999 $12,084 -55%
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Complications

MS-DRG 847 · Inpatient stay

$35,195 $9,827 -34%
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Major Complications

MS-DRG 846 · Inpatient stay

$95,266 $18,645 -11%
Acute Leukemia with Major Complications

MS-DRG 834 · Inpatient stay

$252,406 $29,728 -7%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours

MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay

$129,589 $17,328 +14%
Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Major

MS-DRG 981 · Inpatient stay

$215,841 $28,691 +18%
Sepsis

MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay

$339,843 $47,111 +27%
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures

APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit

$170,088 $17,207 +28%

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.