CostGrade
F

11/100

#2,365 nationally

Hendrick Medical Center

1900 Pine, Abilene, TX 79601 · (325) 670-2000

Among the highest charge markups in the country

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Hendrick Medical Center billed $10.24 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
10.2x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
191
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in TX
#157
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 2.2/35

Better than 6% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 2.5/25

Better than 10% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 3.3/30

Better than 11% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 2.6/10

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

453 $128,983 $15,247 +98%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

424 $15,873 $1,626 +40%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

386 $41,807 $2,518 +115%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

367 $40,516 $3,022 +61%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

295 $147,112 $12,163 +136%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

271 $19,042 $1,649 +62%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

247 $20,713 $1,486 +105%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

204 $88,045 $10,143 +103%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

203 $21,741 $1,887 +68%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

186 $80,372 $6,289 +102%

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

$97,186 $5,955 +271%
Level 2 Vascular Procedures

APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit

$26,184 $1,464 +205%
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications

MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay

$364,241 $25,346 +192%
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit

$33,148 $1,593 +191%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

$34,120 $1,048 +190%
Level 1 Icd and Similar Procedures

APC 5231 · Hospital outpatient visit

$262,255 $22,067 +178%
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit

$101,873 $7,763 +169%
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures

APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit

$46,396 $2,935 +155%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay

$78,907 $18,508 -8%
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major Complications

MS-DRG 432 · Inpatient stay

$80,586 $15,098 about average
Back Problems (severe)

MS-DRG 551 · Inpatient stay

$81,296 $13,154 +17%
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications

MS-DRG 536 · Inpatient stay

$38,592 $6,305 +18%
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Central Nervous System Principal

MS-DRG 023 · Inpatient stay

$276,127 $43,393 +20%
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability

MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay

$60,328 $13,234 +21%
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications

MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay

$82,059 $12,320 +21%
Major Chest Trauma with Complications

MS-DRG 184 · Inpatient stay

$62,658 $8,202 +28%

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.