74/100
#530 nationally
Thomas Hospital
750 Morphy Avenue, Fairhope, AL 36532 · (251) 928-2375
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Thomas Hospital billed $3.56 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
- 108
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AL
- #18
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 68% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 81% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 67% 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 |
195 | $15,254 | $2,649 | -40% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
194 | $45,271 | $14,889 | -31% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
177 | $5,482 | $1,323 | -46% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
151 | $6,061 | $1,548 | -48% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
144 | $43,786 | $10,711 | -30% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
130 | $12,078 | $2,143 | -38% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
117 | $28,950 | $10,109 | -33% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
106 | $96,501 | $19,144 | -27% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
92 | $13,403 | $4,661 | -62% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
84 | $8,471 | $2,892 | -59% |
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 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$137,781 | $18,103 | +71% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$126,174 | $25,684 | +12% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$159,886 | $27,209 | +8% |
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 300 · Inpatient stay |
$45,505 | $12,433 | +6% |
|
Complex GI Procedures
APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,211 | $4,066 | -9% |
|
Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Complications
MS-DRG 439 · Inpatient stay |
$32,398 | $7,822 | -10% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$43,163 | $9,867 | -11% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$45,090 | $8,854 | -12% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,453 | $5,409 | -66% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,901 | $1,383 | -66% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,912 | $4,416 | -65% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,568 | $3,162 | -64% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,307 | $5,300 | -63% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,138 | $2,588 | -63% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,403 | $4,661 | -62% |
|
Extracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 039 · Inpatient stay |
$21,099 | $8,708 | -60% |
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.