59/100
#999 nationally
St Marys Medical Center
2900 1St Avenue, Huntington, WV 25702 · (304) 526-1234
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Marys Medical Center billed $4.49 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
- 4.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 118
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in WV
- #12
- 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 50% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 55% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 66% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 81% 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 |
1,072 | $14,127 | $2,281 | -27% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
281 | $64,149 | $15,450 | about average |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
261 | $477 | $460 | -85% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
219 | $9,653 | $1,427 | -25% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
186 | $8,496 | $1,129 | -16% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
175 | $38,951 | $9,583 | -20% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
165 | $19,137 | $2,746 | -24% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
148 | $52,195 | $9,041 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
142 | $41,908 | $10,248 | -3% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
141 | $6,805 | $1,941 | -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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$67,838 | $11,593 | +20% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,660 | $2,970 | +15% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$61,847 | $13,541 | +9% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$155,810 | $31,207 | +8% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$102,998 | $14,246 | +8% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,375 | $4,795 | about average |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$52,195 | $9,041 | about average |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Major Complications
MS-DRG 242 · Inpatient stay |
$140,122 | $31,730 | about average |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$477 | $460 | -85% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours
MS-DRG 207 · Inpatient stay |
$124,619 | $44,857 | -51% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 310 · Inpatient stay |
$13,764 | $5,063 | -45% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$17,047 | $5,940 | -44% |
|
Extracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 039 · Inpatient stay |
$30,459 | $9,253 | -43% |
|
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.d.e. with Complications
MS-DRG 418 · Inpatient stay |
$47,194 | $11,185 | -43% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,805 | $1,941 | -42% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,177 | $5,555 | -41% |
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.