St Mary's Hospital
1230 BAXTER STREET, Athens, GA 30606
St Mary's Hospital in Athens, GA has an average Medicare payment of $16,349 and a Value Score of D (41/100). Compare prices for 13 procedures. Based on CMS inpatient data.
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About St Mary's Hospital
St Mary's Hospital holds a CMS 1-star quality rating — the lowest tier of the federal Hospital Compare program. The rating reflects measurable underperformance on the composite of mortality, safety, and patient-experience measures. The CMS Hospital Compare measure bundle skews toward worse-than-benchmark performance, with the readmission and mortality measures driving most of the gap.
Cost-wise, St Mary's Hospital is mid-pack: $16,349 average payment across documented procedures, close to the median for U.S. acute-care facilities. The composite value score of 41/100 puts St Mary's Hospital in the middle of the value distribution: not a standout choice on cost-vs-quality grounds, but not poor either.
St Mary's Hospital is non-profit — a voluntary-association or church-affiliated facility, which is the majority ownership pattern for U.S. acute-care hospitals. The CMS payment record for St Mary's Hospital lists 13 distinct DRG codes — a mid-range procedure mix, including Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure, Syncope and Collapse, Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis with MCC. The facility operates a 24-hour emergency department.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Hospital Compare quality measures, CMS Inpatient Payment data files.
Procedure Prices
| Procedure (DRG) | Total Payment |
|---|---|
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure DRG 189 · Respiratory | $11,478 |
Syncope and Collapse DRG 312 · Neurological | $8,867 |
Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis with MCC DRG 392 · Digestive | $11,244 |
Signs and Symptoms without MCC DRG 948 · Other | $6,587 |
Nutritional and Misc Metabolic Disorders with MCC DRG 641 · Metabolic | $10,584 |
Cesarean Section without CC/MCC DRG 766 · Obstetric | $6,762 |
Heart Failure and Shock with CC DRG 292 · Cardiac | $6,385 |
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours DRG 208 · Respiratory | $26,419 |
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedure with Drug-Eluting Stent DRG 247 · Cardiac | $25,247 |
Cellulitis with MCC DRG 603 · Infectious | $12,387 |
Major Hip and Knee Joint Replacement DRG 470 · Orthopedic | $23,066 |
Spinal Fusion (Non-Cervical) with MCC DRG 460 · Orthopedic | $43,316 |
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with MCC DRG 065 · Neurological | $20,189 |
Pricing data from CMS Hospital Price Transparency. Quality ratings from CMS Hospital Compare.
How St Mary's Hospital Compares
St Mary's Hospital has an average Medicare payment of $16,349, 9% above the Georgia state average of $15,003. That is 3% higher than the national hospital average of $15,878. Most of its procedures fall under Respiratory, where the typical payment is $22,953 (29% below this hospital's average). Its Value Score of D (41/100) reflects a blend of price percentile, CMS quality rating, and patient outcome measures.
St Mary's Hospital Cost & Quality FAQ
St Mary's Hospital has an average payment of $16,349 across 13 priced procedures. Costs vary significantly by procedure, compare individual prices in the procedure table above.
St Mary's Hospital has a CMS star rating of 1 out of 5. Quality measures include mortality rates, safety incidents, and readmission rates from Medicare data.
St Mary's Hospital has a Value Score of D (41/100). This score combines cost efficiency, quality ratings, and patient outcomes to help compare hospitals. Voluntary non-profit - Private facilities like this one are acute care hospitals.
Yes, St Mary's Hospital offers emergency services. The hospital is located at 1230 BAXTER STREET, Athens, GA 30606. Phone: (706) 389-3000.
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