CostGrade
C

57/100

#1,037 nationally

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple

2401 S 31St St, Temple, TX 76508 · (254) 724-2111

Charges well above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple billed $4.15 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
4.1x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
197
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in TX
#39
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
5/5
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.

Inpatient charge markup 18.9/35

Better than 54% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 15.8/25

Better than 63% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 15.5/30

Better than 52% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 6.4/10

Better than 64% 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
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

1,024 $9,317 $2,067 -21%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

785 $2,430 $615 -23%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

721 $8,683 $1,735 -23%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

529 $24,198 $2,422 +25%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

469 $8,199 $1,450 -19%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

397 $71,260 $19,422 +9%
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

301 $58,347 $14,035 +21%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

285 $51,020 $11,813 -18%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

274 $8,904 $1,658 -31%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

242 $15,600 $2,826 -18%

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
Complications of Treatment with Major Complications

MS-DRG 919 · Inpatient stay

$121,346 $27,538 +62%
Seizures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay

$125,697 $27,917 +56%
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major

MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay

$125,849 $21,458 +43%
COPD (severe)

MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay

$58,703 $11,760 +40%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

$63,992 $14,214 +37%
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications

MS-DRG 536 · Inpatient stay

$44,787 $9,294 +37%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Complications

MS-DRG 315 · Inpatient stay

$55,385 $11,759 +34%
Stroke (severe)

MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay

$101,005 $20,807 +32%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit

$6,396 $1,492 -44%
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay

$62,139 $26,235 -43%
Other Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Operating Room Procedures with Complications

MS-DRG 629 · Inpatient stay

$66,769 $23,143 -42%
Other Circulatory System Operating Room Procedures

MS-DRG 264 · Inpatient stay

$79,158 $38,328 -42%
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures

APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit

$15,581 $3,745 -41%
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures

APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit

$8,639 $2,063 -40%
Peripheral, Cranial Nerve and Other Nervous System Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 040 · Inpatient stay

$114,764 $35,556 -39%
Level 2 Vascular Procedures

APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit

$5,297 $1,431 -38%

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.
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