58/100
#1,004 nationally
Baylor University Medical Center
3500 Gaston Ave, Dallas, TX 75246 · (214) 820-8082
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Baylor University Medical Center billed $3.66 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
- 3.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 221
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #36
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 62% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 55% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 56% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 58% 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 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
600 | $11,923 | $1,649 | about average |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
499 | $8,951 | $1,388 | -11% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
475 | $70,780 | $20,768 | +8% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
214 | $22,207 | $3,225 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
213 | $47,863 | $13,762 | +10% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
212 | $63,746 | $14,092 | +32% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
207 | $49,162 | $8,826 | -18% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
183 | $24,800 | $2,336 | +28% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
169 | $73,106 | $16,111 | -12% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
137 | $32,437 | $5,072 | -8% |
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 |
$125,113 | $30,143 | +67% |
|
Hypertension with Major Complications
MS-DRG 304 · Inpatient stay |
$81,861 | $13,601 | +64% |
|
Major Hematological and Immunological Diagnoses Except Sickle Cell Crisis and Coagulatio
MS-DRG 809 · Inpatient stay |
$89,757 | $19,692 | +63% |
|
Chemotherapy with Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis or with High Dose Chemotherapy a
MS-DRG 837 · Inpatient stay |
$271,167 | $74,323 | +46% |
|
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Complications
MS-DRG 847 · Inpatient stay |
$74,617 | $16,665 | +39% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$47,448 | $4,384 | +37% |
|
Amputation of Lower Limb for Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders with
MS-DRG 617 · Inpatient stay |
$97,853 | $20,020 | +33% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$63,746 | $14,092 | +32% |
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.