Hospital Costs > In Alabama > Cherokee Medical Center, procedure costs
| Procedure | Discharges | Avg Covered Charges | Avg Total Payment | Avg Medicare Payment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | Rank | Amount | Rank | Amount | Rank | Amount | Rank | |
| Alcohol/Drug Abuse Or Dependence W Rehabilitation Therapy | 147 | 12 / 3 | $13.182,60 | 27 / 5 | $7.958,81 | 37 / 4 | $7.249,26 | 37 / 5 |
| Simple Pneumonia & Pleurisy W Cc | 32 | 171 / 35 | $22.186,20 | 1373 / 39 | $6.743,47 | 1838 / 67 | $5.911,47 | 1830 / 71 |
| Alcohol/Drug Abuse Or Dependence, Left Ama | 20 | 29 / 1 | $7.879,65 | 54 / 2 | $3.342,50 | 26 / 2 | $2.781,70 | 26 / 2 |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease W Mcc | 16 | 186 / 40 | $29.594,80 | 1446 / 40 | $8.155,38 | 1683 / 60 | $7.171,38 | 1675 / 61 |
| Misc Disorders Of Nutrition,Metabolism,Fluids/Electrolytes W/O Mcc | 15 | 151 / 36 | $19.913,60 | 1550 / 49 | $5.019,93 | 1486 / 57 | $4.055,67 | 1481 / 61 |
| Kidney & Urinary Tract Infections W/O Mcc | 15 | 218 / 50 | $14.615,10 | 879 / 30 | $5.343,60 | 1611 / 60 | $4.454,00 | 1600 / 66 |
| Esophagitis, Gastroent & Misc Digest Disorders W/O Mcc | 14 | 261 / 55 | $20.873,20 | 1494 / 49 | $5.183,21 | 1614 / 62 | $4.239,21 | 1601 / 65 |
| Simple Pneumonia & Pleurisy W/O Cc/Mcc | 11 | 82 / 29 | $21.153,20 | 1268 / 39 | $4.894,09 | 1202 / 46 | $3.907,91 | 1196 / 49 | Total 8 procedures | 270 | discharges |
Source: Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data: Inpatient for FY2014
Average Covered Charges: The provider's average charge for services covered by Medicare for all discharges in the MS-DRG. These will vary from hospital to hospital because of differences in hospital charge structures.
Average Total Payments: The average total payments to all providers for the MS-DRG including the MSDRG amount, teaching, disproportionate share, capital, and outlier payments for all cases. Also included in average total payments are co-payment and deductible amounts that the patient is responsible for and any additional payments by third parties for coordination of benefits.
Average Medicare Payments: The average amount that Medicare pays to the provider for Medicare's share of the MS-DRG. Average Medicare payment amounts include the MS-DRG amount, teaching, disproportionate share, capital, and outlier payments for all cases. Medicare payments DO NOT include beneficiary co-payments and deductible amounts nor any additional payments from third parties for coordination of benefits. Note: In general, Medicare FFS claims with dates-of-service or dates-of-discharge on or after April 1, 2013, incurred a 2 percent reduction in Medicare payment. This is in response to mandatory across-the-board reductions in Federal spending, also known as sequestration
Hospital Rank: We have calculated the rank for each procedure within a hospital. The left number is the national ranking, the right one is the state ranking. For discharges, ranking is from highest # of discharges to lower (hospital with highest number of discharges ranks first). For charges and payments, lowest means a higher ranking.