42/100
#1,537 nationally
St. Vincent's East
50 Medical Park East Drive, Birmingham, AL 35235 · (205) 838-3122
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St. Vincent's East billed $5.24 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
- 5.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 72
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AL
- #28
- 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 27% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 52% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 36% 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 |
216 | $47,086 | $2,644 | +87% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
170 | $64,538 | $14,359 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
100 | $38,133 | $10,301 | -12% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
84 | $40,749 | $11,243 | +13% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
82 | $52,683 | $12,831 | -4% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
82 | $74,465 | $21,769 | -40% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
77 | $93,587 | $19,778 | -29% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
76 | $38,025 | $4,668 | +8% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
71 | $99,133 | $8,943 | +47% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
70 | $16,876 | $2,191 | -13% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Carotid Artery Stent Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 036 · Inpatient stay |
$138,774 | $13,071 | +97% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$47,086 | $2,644 | +87% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$94,720 | $8,752 | +84% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$145,130 | $15,484 | +52% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$221,991 | $27,384 | +49% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$99,133 | $8,943 | +47% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,461 | $2,530 | +44% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,299 | $1,588 | +39% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 273 · Inpatient stay |
$85,721 | $25,862 | -54% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$18,132 | $6,916 | -42% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$74,465 | $21,769 | -40% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$18,393 | $7,741 | -40% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 394 · Inpatient stay |
$23,431 | $8,011 | -40% |
|
Chest Pain
MS-DRG 313 · Inpatient stay |
$20,731 | $6,387 | -39% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$171,362 | $46,060 | -36% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$36,690 | $12,644 | -35% |
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.