Madison County Memorial Hospital
224 Nw Crane Ave, Madison, FL 32340 · 81 Priced Procedures
Typical commercial prices here are 19% below the fair benchmark (0.81×) after accounting for local nurse/doctor wages and patient complexity.
Balances commercial hospital prices against CMS clinical safety, infection control, and patient experience.
Loss-Leader / Captive Ancillary Cross-Subsidizer
Madison County Memorial Hospital prices routine shoppable procedures near 0.9× Medicare (p50 0.55×) while skewing captive emergency, lab, and upper-quartile codes to 1.4× Medicare (p75 1.40×, +155% upper-tail jump). Patients scheduling elective outpatient care can capture competitive rates, but emergency and ancillary bills require strict line-item auditing.
Where They're Good (Patient & Payer Edge)
- Elective shoppable care is priced 19% below peer Fair BaseRate (0.81×)
- Self-pay cash beats commercial insurance on 46% of shoppable procedures (99/100 Cash Honesty)
- CMS clinical safety score (68/100 safety score) with 72% patient recommendation
- Binding Good Faith Estimate rights under 45 CFR § 149.610 protect self-pay patients before scheduling
Where You Can Get Burned (Markup Traps)
- Outpatient surgery & OR suites carry a 1.1× markup over Medicare rates
- Captive ER (1.3×) & laboratory (1.8×) services average 1.56× higher multiples than routine shoppable care (0.9×)
- Upper-quartile procedures (Q75 1.40×) jump +155% above the median procedure ratio (Q50 0.55×)
- Unnegotiated chargemaster list prices average 5.3× Medicare (19¢ true HCRIS cost per $1 gross)
Pre-scheduled outpatient procedures where patients can comparison-shop.
Emergency, inpatient DRG, lab, and specialty drug lines billed after admission.
Detects median-gaming when upper-quartile codes spike above the p50 median.
Procedure Prices at Madison County Memorial Hospital
High-impact clinical procedures (MRIs, surgeries, inpatient stays, visits) are prioritized first. Use the category pills or search bar to filter all 81 published procedures.
Audit a Bill or Quote at Madison County Memorial Hospital (Zero PHI Required)
Above Standard 400% FPL Financial-Assistance Ceiling
At 274% FPL, you exceed the standard 400% FPL tier, though medical-hardship caps (when bills exceed 10% of annual income) may still apply.
Self-Pay Cash Rate ($3,975) Beats Your Bill
Madison County Memorial Hospital's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $3,975 (vs. $3,975 commercial insurer median). Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.
Negotiate Toward $6,109 Fair BaseRate ($6,176 Medicare)
Your bill ($7,950) is $1,841 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($6,109) and 1.3× the $6,176 Medicare rate.
Financial Assistance Policy (FAP) & Amounts Generally Billed (AGB)
Public IRS & CMS ownership records classify Madison County Memorial Hospital as a non-501(c)(3) facility. Federal 26 U.S.C. § 501(r) statutory charity-care caps apply specifically to tax-exempt nonprofit hospitals, though state hospital fair-pricing statutes and prompt-pay self-pay discounts may still apply.
Clinical Quality, Patient Experience & Infection Benchmarks
CMS Price Transparency Administrative Enforcement Log
Factual public administrative actions published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding 45 CFR § 180 compliance at Madison County Memorial Hospital. Prior administrative notices do not necessarily reflect current compliance status.
- 2026-04-29·warning_notice
Warning Notice
Recorded
Source: CMS Hospital Care Compare. Clinical quality metrics summarize historical facility-wide cohorts and are not medical advice for individual care decisions.
How to Pay Less Nearby: Freestanding Centers, Insurer Leverage & Outpatient Savings
2D regional comparison of commercial negotiated price index against CMS clinical quality composite for Madison County Memorial Hospital.
Verify the Raw Data: Official Hospital MRF, CMS Medicare.gov & Federal Filings
Safe-Harbor Data Corrections: Parsed directly from public 45 CFR § 180 hospital filings, CMS Care Compare, and CMS HCRIS cost reports. Hospital compliance officers may submit updated MRF URLs or rate tables for verification.