79/100
#387 nationally
Union General Hospital
35 Hospital Road, Blairsville, GA 30512 · (706) 745-2111
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Union General Hospital billed $3.32 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
- 50
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in GA
- #7
- 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 76% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 87% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 82% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 62% 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 |
315 | $10,404 | $2,459 | -46% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
163 | $10,605 | $2,110 | -10% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
120 | $38,214 | $11,898 | -39% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
103 | $3,502 | $1,718 | -70% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
81 | $20,441 | $5,121 | -42% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
75 | $18,155 | $9,344 | -58% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
71 | $26,189 | $6,476 | -34% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
60 | $16,195 | $2,852 | -21% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
56 | $20,626 | $6,492 | -35% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
49 | $47,164 | $16,524 | -43% |
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 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,260 | $1,536 | +60% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,125 | $1,450 | -5% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,605 | $2,110 | -10% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,215 | $3,132 | -13% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,906 | $3,156 | -13% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,868 | $2,572 | -16% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,160 | $2,830 | -17% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,142 | $1,455 | -19% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,502 | $1,718 | -70% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$9,819 | $5,880 | -69% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$17,412 | $8,682 | -63% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$16,478 | $7,238 | -60% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$18,155 | $9,344 | -58% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$13,779 | $6,070 | -57% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$14,650 | $6,687 | -56% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 310 · Inpatient stay |
$11,892 | $4,428 | -53% |
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.