52/100
#1,209 nationally
Thomas Memorial Hospital
4605 Maccorkle Avenue Sw, South Charleston, WV 25309 · (304) 766-3600
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Thomas Memorial Hospital billed $4.91 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
- 4.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 91
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in WV
- #14
- 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 36% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 65% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 58% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 55% 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 |
546 | $9,615 | $1,952 | -18% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
256 | $50,386 | $10,884 | -19% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
242 | $13,863 | $2,680 | -45% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
206 | $2,718 | $575 | -13% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
187 | $13,775 | $2,281 | -29% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
164 | $42,166 | $15,680 | -49% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
148 | $7,613 | $1,547 | -35% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
148 | $16,947 | $1,612 | +49% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
144 | $64,817 | $13,223 | about average |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
137 | $44,956 | $4,692 | +28% |
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 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$99,834 | $8,723 | +67% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,947 | $1,612 | +49% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$57,337 | $5,314 | +45% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,764 | $2,933 | +37% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$55,411 | $8,506 | +32% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,956 | $4,692 | +28% |
|
Respiratory Infection (with complications)
MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay |
$47,490 | $6,462 | +28% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,929 | $4,248 | +16% |
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 |
$11,672 | $3,247 | -55% |
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,790 | $3,146 | -51% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$42,166 | $15,680 | -49% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$59,852 | $26,249 | -47% |
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 300 · Inpatient stay |
$23,151 | $6,757 | -46% |
|
Skin Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 602 · Inpatient stay |
$28,160 | $9,671 | -45% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,863 | $2,680 | -45% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$48,870 | $18,547 | -44% |
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.