32/100
#1,833 nationally
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center
130 West Ravine Road, Kingsport, TN 37662 · (423) 224-4000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center billed $5.93 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
- 5.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 100
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TN
- #39
- 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 27% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 28% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 42% 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 |
262 | $67,731 | $14,915 | +4% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
159 | $9,217 | $1,364 | -9% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
156 | $22,921 | $2,765 | -9% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
136 | $89,460 | $11,156 | +43% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
114 | $48,972 | $10,539 | +13% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
109 | $16,061 | $2,285 | -17% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
85 | $45,080 | $10,147 | -3% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
82 | $14,398 | $2,639 | -25% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
78 | $16,830 | $2,398 | -5% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
70 | $41,306 | $4,957 | +18% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Aortic and Heart Assist Procedures Except Pulsation Balloon without Major Complications
MS-DRG 269 · Inpatient stay |
$380,339 | $49,403 | +130% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$50,942 | $2,810 | +119% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay |
$218,124 | $20,567 | +101% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$367,855 | $38,702 | +94% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
$321,033 | $45,075 | +81% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$224,677 | $22,819 | +80% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$266,193 | $28,181 | +79% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$66,696 | $7,298 | +76% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Complications
MS-DRG 092 · Inpatient stay |
$23,144 | $8,206 | -49% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,663 | $1,371 | -46% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 310 · Inpatient stay |
$16,557 | $4,975 | -34% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$51,578 | $15,446 | -32% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization without Major
MS-DRG 287 · Inpatient stay |
$37,974 | $8,671 | -30% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$25,848 | $7,157 | -29% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$21,901 | $6,327 | -28% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$56,151 | $16,134 | -28% |
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.