24/100
#2,053 nationally
Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi
600 Elizabeth Street, Corpus Christi, TX 78404 · (361) 902-4103
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi billed $6.52 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
- 6.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 113
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #117
- 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 21% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 24% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 27% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 26% 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 |
454 | $115,028 | $17,983 | +76% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
334 | $42,195 | $2,460 | +117% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
304 | $8,911 | $2,091 | -24% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
298 | $100,197 | $11,646 | +60% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
132 | $37,431 | $5,133 | +7% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
125 | $69,157 | $13,448 | +59% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
112 | $57,370 | $3,151 | +178% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
94 | $26,100 | $2,882 | +37% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
90 | $57,357 | $6,467 | +44% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
86 | $69,060 | $13,454 | +48% |
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 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$57,370 | $3,151 | +178% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$83,941 | $6,187 | +118% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$42,195 | $2,460 | +117% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$63,553 | $9,721 | +108% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay |
$224,290 | $24,454 | +107% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 394 · Inpatient stay |
$77,160 | $10,405 | +99% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$57,106 | $10,809 | +87% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$149,078 | $16,810 | +80% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,032 | $4,881 | -36% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,705 | $3,362 | -30% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,911 | $2,091 | -24% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,526 | $3,385 | -23% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,740 | $2,354 | -22% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$79,437 | $16,816 | -22% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,334 | $1,707 | -21% |
|
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications
MS-DRG 536 · Inpatient stay |
$27,313 | $9,560 | -17% |
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.