5/100
#2,500 nationally
Baptist Medical Center
111 Dallas Street, San Antonio, TX 78205 · (210) 297-8256
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Baptist Medical Center billed $12.53 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 12.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 228
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #180
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 4% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 4% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 6% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 9% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
805 | $157,028 | $14,564 | +141% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
796 | $154,236 | $11,235 | +147% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
313 | $81,232 | $2,806 | +222% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
279 | $99,000 | $10,205 | +128% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
256 | $83,122 | $4,896 | +137% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
204 | $89,420 | $10,159 | +84% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
194 | $129,708 | $11,973 | +111% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
184 | $53,157 | $2,344 | +174% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
181 | $112,621 | $10,363 | +142% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
159 | $97,615 | $4,714 | +170% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$142,349 | $5,934 | +443% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$49,298 | $1,473 | +332% |
|
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Complications
MS-DRG 442 · Inpatient stay |
$182,108 | $6,763 | +332% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$558,037 | $32,088 | +285% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,792 | $1,390 | +271% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$84,158 | $2,923 | +262% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,863 | $1,385 | +256% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$79,037 | $3,249 | +248% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.