Hospital Costs > In Alabama > Wedowee Hospital, procedure costs
| Procedure | Discharges | Avg Covered Charges | Avg Total Payment | Avg Medicare Payment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | Rank | Amount | Rank | Amount | Rank | Amount | Rank | |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease W Cc | 14 | 165 / 42 | $16.684,40 | 678 / 22 | $5.653,21 | 729 / 37 | $4.745,79 | 727 / 45 |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease W Mcc | 16 | 186 / 40 | $14.992,60 | 312 / 11 | $7.012,31 | 866 / 38 | $6.116,31 | 861 / 52 |
| Simple Pneumonia & Pleurisy W Cc | 13 | 190 / 49 | $18.732,60 | 991 / 28 | $6.056,46 | 1063 / 45 | $5.130,92 | 1060 / 57 | Total 3 procedures | 43 | 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.