72/100
#597 nationally
Sweetwater Hospital Association
304 Wright St, Sweetwater, TN 37874 · (865) 213-8200
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Sweetwater Hospital Association billed $3.26 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
- 3.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 14
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TN
- #13
- 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 72% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 69% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 81% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 51% 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 |
65 | $17,583 | $2,257 | -10% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
39 | $33,617 | $11,080 | -31% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
31 | $23,337 | $7,548 | -27% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
27 | $21,939 | $10,922 | -49% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
25 | $21,595 | $7,174 | -29% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
22 | $11,054 | $4,759 | -69% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
19 | $27,391 | $7,555 | -8% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
17 | $3,617 | $1,569 | -69% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
15 | $24,945 | $8,110 | -18% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
14 | $40,184 | $15,493 | -38% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$27,391 | $7,555 | -8% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$29,345 | $7,395 | -9% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,583 | $2,257 | -10% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$41,829 | $10,681 | -10% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$24,945 | $8,110 | -18% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$23,337 | $7,548 | -27% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$21,595 | $7,174 | -29% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$33,617 | $11,080 | -31% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,532 | $1,592 | -78% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,617 | $1,569 | -69% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,054 | $4,759 | -69% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,926 | $1,234 | -61% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$21,939 | $10,922 | -49% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$40,184 | $15,493 | -38% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$33,617 | $11,080 | -31% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$21,595 | $7,174 | -29% |
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.