19/100
#2,186 nationally
Hendrick Medical Center Brownwood
1501 Burnet Dr, Brownwood, TX 76801 · (325) 646-8541
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Hendrick Medical Center Brownwood billed $8.19 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
- 8.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 52
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #132
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 1/5
- 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 14% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 17% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 20% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 41% 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 |
192 | $20,273 | $2,148 | +72% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
102 | $90,137 | $14,657 | +38% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
101 | $32,569 | $3,007 | +29% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
77 | $22,335 | $2,977 | +10% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
68 | $118,742 | $12,214 | +90% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
65 | $32,865 | $2,514 | +69% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
61 | $13,340 | $1,482 | +32% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
60 | $62,071 | $10,345 | +33% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
57 | $50,528 | $4,749 | +84% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
51 | $111,889 | $10,214 | +65% |
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 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$125,783 | $9,915 | +144% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$118,742 | $12,214 | +90% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$43,697 | $3,018 | +88% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,207 | $2,641 | +88% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$103,105 | $12,810 | +87% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$50,528 | $4,749 | +84% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$53,814 | $6,860 | +81% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,144 | $2,962 | +79% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$159,811 | $35,254 | -10% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,052 | $2,906 | -6% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$63,202 | $11,792 | about average |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$82,113 | $14,674 | +8% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,335 | $2,977 | +10% |
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$50,852 | $8,936 | +16% |
|
Heart Attack (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 282 · Inpatient stay |
$47,362 | $6,368 | +23% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$60,518 | $10,401 | +25% |
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.