16/100
#2,282 nationally
Vaughan Regional Medical Center Parkway Campus
1015 Medical Center Parkway, Selma, AL 36701 · (334) 418-4100
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Vaughan Regional Medical Center Parkway Campus billed $7.34 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
- 7.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 11
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AL
- #36
- 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 15% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 12% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 17% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 29% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
55 | $99,398 | $14,920 | +52% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
50 | $40,306 | $2,431 | +107% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
49 | $11,800 | $2,036 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
40 | $74,428 | $10,830 | +71% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
23 | $84,552 | $11,933 | +54% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
18 | $71,022 | $9,576 | +74% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
16 | $73,359 | $10,341 | +52% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
13 | $77,779 | $12,845 | +37% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
12 | $77,893 | $8,311 | +136% |
|
Respiratory Infection (with complications)
MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay |
11 | $51,069 | $8,549 | +37% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$77,893 | $8,311 | +136% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,306 | $2,431 | +107% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$71,022 | $9,576 | +74% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$74,428 | $10,830 | +71% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$81,110 | $10,615 | +67% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$84,552 | $11,933 | +54% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$99,398 | $14,920 | +52% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$73,359 | $10,341 | +52% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,800 | $2,036 | about average |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$77,779 | $12,845 | +37% |
|
Respiratory Infection (with complications)
MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay |
$51,069 | $8,549 | +37% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$73,359 | $10,341 | +52% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$99,398 | $14,920 | +52% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$84,552 | $11,933 | +54% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$81,110 | $10,615 | +67% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$74,428 | $10,830 | +71% |
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.