86/100
#175 nationally
T J Samson Community Hospital
1301 North Race Street, Glasgow, KY 42141 · (270) 651-4159
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, T J Samson Community Hospital billed $2.83 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
- 2.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 54
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in KY
- #3
- 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 85% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 85% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 90% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 86% 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 |
283 | $9,982 | $2,497 | -49% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
157 | $2,793 | $623 | -11% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
129 | $6,861 | $1,469 | -32% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
122 | $21,213 | $9,705 | -51% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
117 | $8,583 | $2,902 | -66% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
95 | $31,387 | $15,056 | -52% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
77 | $20,775 | $10,002 | -55% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
67 | $7,414 | $1,832 | -43% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
57 | $7,244 | $1,771 | -36% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
48 | $22,161 | $11,465 | -64% |
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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,793 | $623 | -11% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,302 | $5,982 | -16% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,027 | $1,469 | -18% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$45,948 | $11,682 | -26% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,544 | $2,760 | -29% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,639 | $3,198 | -29% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,609 | $9,788 | -31% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,576 | $3,435 | -31% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,970 | $4,343 | -70% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$27,128 | $15,804 | -69% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,583 | $2,902 | -66% |
|
Heart Attack (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 282 · Inpatient stay |
$13,691 | $5,583 | -64% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$22,161 | $11,465 | -64% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization without Major
MS-DRG 287 · Inpatient stay |
$20,253 | $8,137 | -63% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay |
$43,700 | $21,764 | -63% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$11,447 | $6,053 | -63% |
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.