Emanuel Medical Center
117 Kite Road, Swainsboro, GA 30401 · 78 Priced Procedures · 65% Patient Recommendation
Typical commercial prices here are 19% below the fair benchmark (0.81×) after accounting for local nurse/doctor wages and patient complexity.
4-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 0.81× fair market pricing.
Loss-Leader / Captive Ancillary Cross-Subsidizer
Emanuel Medical Center prices routine shoppable procedures near 0.6× Medicare (p50 0.55×) while skewing captive emergency, lab, and upper-quartile codes to 1.7× Medicare (p75 1.39×, +153% 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 34% of shoppable procedures (99/100 Cash Honesty)
- 4-Star CMS clinical rating with 65% patient recommendation (71/100 safety score)
- Binding Good Faith Estimate rights under 45 CFR § 149.610 protect self-pay patients before scheduling
Where You Can Get Burned (Markup Traps)
- Even at low-cost facilities (0.81× Fair BaseRate), out-of-network or unnegotiated chargemaster bills can exceed commercial medians — confirm in-network status or request a self-pay cash quote up front.
- Captive ER (0.9×) & laboratory (0.7×) services average 2.83× higher multiples than routine shoppable care (0.6×)
- Upper-quartile procedures (Q75 1.39×) jump +153% above the median procedure ratio (Q50 0.55×)
- Unnegotiated chargemaster list prices average 15.5× Medicare (20¢ 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 Emanuel Medical Center
High-impact clinical procedures (MRIs, surgeries, inpatient stays, visits) are prioritized first. Use the category pills or search bar to filter all 78 published procedures.
| Procedure & Billing Code | This Hospital | vs. Fair |
|---|---|---|
| Rabies immune globulin HCPCS Code: 90375 | $9,300 | unverified |
| CT scan, abdomen and pelvis (with contrast) CPT Code: 74177 | $2,760 | unverified |
| Sleep study (overnight, in lab) CPT Code: 95810 | $2,704 | unverified |
| Trauma team activation HCPCS Code: G0390 | $2,155 | unverified |
| Hepatitis B immune globulin HCPCS Code: 90371 | $1,086 | 7.2× |
| Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) CPT Code: 93306 | $862 | unverified |
| Typhoid vaccine HCPCS Code: 90675 | $1,001 | unverified |
| Blood test, amylase CPT Code: 82150 | $257 | unverified |
| Drug screening test HCPCS Code: G0480 | $226 | 1.9× |
| Blood test, liver function panel CPT Code: 80076 | $208 | unverified |
| Blood test, lipase CPT Code: 83690 | $222 | unverified |
| Pneumococcal vaccine HCPCS Code: 90732 | $214 | unverified |
| Blood test, calcium CPT Code: 82310 | $124 | unverified |
| Blood test, glucose (blood sugar) CPT Code: 82947 | $123 | unverified |
| Blood test, average blood sugar (A1c) CPT Code: 83036 | $98 | unverified |
| Blood test, potassium CPT Code: 84132 | $96 | unverified |
| Blood test, complete blood count (CBC) CPT Code: 85025 | $118 | unverified |
| Electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG) CPT Code: 93000 | $65 | 2.6× |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) CPT Code: 99213 | $65 | 0.7× |
| Group therapy session CPT Code: 90853 | $65 | 0.7× |
| New patient office visit (30-44 min) CPT Code: 99203 | $65 | 0.6× |
| MMR vaccine (measles, mumps, rubella) HCPCS Code: 90707 | $65 | 0.6× |
| Ultrasound, abdomen (limited) CPT Code: 76705 | $70 | 0.6× |
| Ultrasound, pelvis CPT Code: 76856 | $70 | 0.5× |
| Ultrasound, thyroid and neck CPT Code: 76536 | $70 | 0.5× |
Audit a Bill or Quote at Emanuel Medical Center (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 ($9,300) Beats Your Bill
Emanuel Medical Center's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $9,300 (vs. $9,300 commercial insurer median). Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.
Negotiate Toward $322 Fair BaseRate ($275 Medicare)
Your bill ($12,400) is $12,078 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($322) and 45.1× the $275 Medicare rate.
Financial Assistance Policy (FAP) & Amounts Generally Billed (AGB)
Public IRS & CMS ownership records classify Emanuel Medical Center 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
Healthcare-Associated Infections (CDC NHSN / CMS HAI)
1.00 SIR = National Predicted Baseline (Lower Is Safer)Source: CMS Hospital Care Compare (115 completed HCAHPS patient surveys). 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 Emanuel Medical Center.
Notable Payer Contract Outliers (SVD Matrix Anomalies)
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.