67/100
#744 nationally
St Vincent's St Clair
7063 Veterans Parkway, Pell City, AL 35125 · (205) 338-3301
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Vincent's St Clair billed $3.59 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
- 3.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 19
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AL
- #23
- 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 79% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 40% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 79% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 57% 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 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
170 | $14,579 | $1,858 | +24% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
71 | $32,444 | $13,511 | -50% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
37 | $25,649 | $8,777 | -45% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
37 | $22,846 | $2,550 | +20% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
33 | $13,443 | $2,128 | -31% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
30 | $25,744 | $11,496 | -53% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
27 | $21,509 | $8,702 | -50% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
27 | $8,704 | $1,589 | -26% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
24 | $23,943 | $7,388 | -39% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
22 | $25,021 | $8,169 | -39% |
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 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,579 | $1,858 | +24% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,846 | $2,550 | +20% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,869 | $4,394 | -21% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$24,308 | $5,801 | -23% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,704 | $1,589 | -26% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,628 | $4,587 | -29% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,443 | $2,128 | -31% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,649 | $4,771 | -35% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$21,100 | $10,443 | -66% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$25,744 | $11,496 | -53% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$21,509 | $8,702 | -50% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$32,444 | $13,511 | -50% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$21,848 | $7,721 | -48% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$17,550 | $6,306 | -47% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$25,649 | $8,777 | -45% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$17,475 | $5,625 | -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.