CostGrade
F

6/100

#2,482 nationally

Lake Granbury Medical Center

1310 Paluxy Rd, Granbury, TX 76048 · (817) 573-2683

Among the highest charge markups in the country

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Lake Granbury Medical Center billed $12.27 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
12.3x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
37
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in TX
#173
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 2.4/35

Better than 7% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 1.6/25

Better than 6% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 1.4/30

Better than 5% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 0.4/10

Better than 4% 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

627 $30,317 $2,089 +158%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

101 $154,721 $15,337 +137%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

100 $45,386 $1,729 +300%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

74 $41,523 $2,471 +114%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

73 $116,931 $6,388 +193%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

71 $186,261 $11,722 +198%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

56 $89,981 $10,484 +107%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

44 $106,800 $4,926 +204%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

35 $23,250 $1,464 +131%
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures

APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit

35 $202,713 $27,952 +80%

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 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit

$50,011 $1,532 +339%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

$45,386 $1,729 +300%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures

APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit

$89,899 $3,123 +287%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

$78,506 $2,756 +285%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

$78,547 $3,147 +280%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$47,444 $1,726 +267%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

$98,798 $4,671 +260%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

$60,635 $2,878 +217%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay

$68,541 $10,753 +41%
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5493 · Hospital outpatient visit

$40,706 $4,718 +68%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

$83,064 $10,724 +78%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

$45,024 $2,947 +78%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

$98,749 $13,272 +79%
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures

APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit

$202,713 $27,952 +80%
Kidney Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay

$96,735 $11,679 +83%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

$76,021 $8,677 +94%

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.