56/100
#1,085 nationally
St Mary's Hospital
1230 Baxter Street, Athens, GA 30606 · (706) 389-3000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Mary's Hospital billed $4.24 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
- 4.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 87
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in GA
- #22
- 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.
Better than 67% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 49% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 57% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 28% 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 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
369 | $56,994 | $11,873 | -9% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
127 | $40,742 | $6,441 | about average |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
119 | $21,497 | $2,958 | -15% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
117 | $10,285 | $1,458 | about average |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
117 | $31,428 | $4,665 | +14% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
117 | $12,809 | $2,406 | -34% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
110 | $41,631 | $5,199 | +19% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
94 | $28,512 | $3,017 | +38% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
92 | $87,434 | $16,458 | +5% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
88 | $48,464 | $16,915 | -26% |
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 |
$27,733 | $1,760 | +144% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,631 | $1,787 | +106% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$59,297 | $4,811 | +64% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$237,544 | $29,906 | +60% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,929 | $3,098 | +55% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$77,900 | $9,729 | +51% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,187 | $1,465 | +44% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,512 | $3,017 | +38% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Precerebral Occlusion without Infarction without Major Complications
MS-DRG 068 · Inpatient stay |
$21,669 | $8,232 | -61% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$15,613 | $11,753 | -58% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$14,690 | $8,726 | -58% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$26,933 | $13,129 | -52% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$20,346 | $9,916 | -51% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$45,756 | $18,646 | -48% |
|
Transient Ischemia without Thrombolytic
MS-DRG 069 · Inpatient stay |
$21,746 | $7,810 | -47% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$38,603 | $16,953 | -46% |
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.