CostGrade
B

77/100

#425 nationally

Citizens Medical Center

2701 Hospital Drive, Victoria, TX 77901 · (361) 573-9181

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Citizens Medical Center billed $3.43 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
3.4x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
69
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in TX
#11
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.

Inpatient charge markup 24.3/35

Better than 69% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 20.4/25

Better than 82% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 24.7/30

Better than 82% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 8.1/10

Better than 81% 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
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

298 $12,680 $2,389 -35%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

170 $26,422 $9,472 -39%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

111 $42,872 $13,724 -34%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

108 $32,641 $11,308 -48%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

107 $7,674 $1,389 -24%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

73 $10,703 $2,820 -58%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

68 $15,845 $4,462 -42%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

67 $22,486 $4,975 -36%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

63 $5,726 $1,640 -51%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

60 $12,837 $3,042 -38%

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 Vascular Procedures

APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,263 $1,398 +31%
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit

$20,846 $2,480 +18%
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures

APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit

$34,219 $5,691 -13%
Stroke (with complications)

MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay

$36,619 $7,791 -20%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

$15,259 $2,782 -20%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

$8,836 $1,685 -22%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

$7,674 $1,389 -24%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

$34,759 $9,702 -25%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Diabetes with Major Complications

MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay

$22,703 $10,413 -60%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

$10,703 $2,820 -58%
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization without Major

MS-DRG 287 · Inpatient stay

$23,775 $8,371 -56%
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)

MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay

$16,504 $7,710 -56%
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay

$25,523 $11,230 -55%
Kidney Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay

$24,060 $11,074 -55%
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major

MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay

$40,423 $15,706 -54%
Fainting

MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay

$17,163 $6,915 -53%

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