58/100
#1,027 nationally
Tift Regional Medical Center
901 E 18Th Street, Tifton, GA 31794 · (229) 382-7120
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Tift Regional Medical Center billed $4.38 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
- 4.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 66
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in GA
- #19
- 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 59% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 54% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 58% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
287 | $14,215 | $2,287 | -27% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
195 | $4,663 | $570 | +49% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
130 | $59,853 | $15,788 | -8% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
130 | $16,505 | $2,781 | -35% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
122 | $60,303 | $11,009 | -3% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
118 | $9,561 | $1,698 | -26% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
109 | $18,504 | $2,900 | -10% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
94 | $11,873 | $1,997 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
89 | $29,589 | $11,086 | -32% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
80 | $6,454 | $1,614 | -45% |
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 |
$4,663 | $570 | +49% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$74,837 | $16,488 | +46% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$55,943 | $5,865 | +45% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,850 | $2,731 | +14% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,529 | $2,057 | +12% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$60,989 | $13,795 | +11% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,323 | $1,372 | +9% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,811 | $1,370 | +7% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,454 | $1,614 | -45% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$19,983 | $8,478 | -39% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$25,422 | $8,965 | -38% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$64,072 | $18,091 | -37% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,505 | $2,781 | -35% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,349 | $1,329 | -35% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$50,746 | $14,699 | -33% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$30,632 | $9,269 | -33% |
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.