9/100
#2,428 nationally
Walker Baptist Medical Center
3400 Highway 78 East, Jasper, AL 35502 · (205) 387-4000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Walker Baptist Medical Center billed $10.78 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
- 10.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 43
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AL
- #39
- 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 8% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 7% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 10% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 15% 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 |
270 | $30,289 | $1,936 | +158% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
105 | $112,692 | $13,033 | +73% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
70 | $32,852 | $2,163 | +69% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
64 | $162,849 | $10,735 | +161% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
60 | $69,051 | $8,819 | +59% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
57 | $49,786 | $2,922 | +141% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
43 | $66,649 | $5,999 | +67% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
42 | $27,432 | $1,346 | +144% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
41 | $36,069 | $2,604 | +77% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
41 | $44,585 | $4,150 | +62% |
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 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$59,630 | $2,830 | +212% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,588 | $1,319 | +210% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,351 | $1,440 | +181% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,736 | $1,613 | +171% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,077 | $1,735 | +164% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$162,849 | $10,735 | +161% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,289 | $1,936 | +158% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications
MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay |
$212,372 | $13,777 | +148% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$60,061 | $10,186 | +9% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$52,889 | $8,507 | +9% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$39,829 | $7,375 | +15% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$74,385 | $10,197 | +21% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$59,236 | $8,028 | +42% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$48,402 | $7,385 | +47% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$61,793 | $6,752 | +52% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$82,819 | $9,361 | +56% |
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.