47/100
#1,364 nationally
St Vincent's Birmingham
810 St Vincent's Drive, Birmingham, AL 35205 · (205) 939-7000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Vincent's Birmingham billed $5.27 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
- 5.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 113
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AL
- #26
- 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 45% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 48% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 56% 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 |
802 | $53,368 | $10,828 | -15% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
338 | $35,943 | $5,838 | -10% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
278 | $49,277 | $2,670 | +95% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
219 | $61,137 | $15,464 | -26% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
218 | $57,168 | $12,873 | -12% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
167 | $13,878 | $1,936 | +18% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
145 | $9,154 | $1,339 | -9% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
142 | $26,980 | $2,629 | +32% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
134 | $16,977 | $2,237 | -13% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
132 | $29,499 | $8,728 | -32% |
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 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$49,277 | $2,670 | +95% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,517 | $1,650 | +90% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,337 | $2,616 | +80% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$90,221 | $8,910 | +75% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,409 | $1,560 | +71% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,801 | $1,377 | +65% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$56,127 | $4,771 | +62% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$109,007 | $9,086 | +61% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Factors Influencing Health Status
MS-DRG 951 · Inpatient stay |
$3,839 | $4,498 | -83% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay |
$26,767 | $11,022 | -58% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$17,885 | $7,247 | -52% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$25,149 | $10,193 | -50% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$65,781 | $20,403 | -47% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$28,871 | $9,440 | -47% |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 025 · Inpatient stay |
$103,772 | $25,480 | -46% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$16,513 | $6,349 | -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.