CostGrade
A

85/100

#191 nationally

Matagorda Regional Medical Center

104 7Th Street, Bay City, TX 77414 · (979) 245-6383

Charges close to what care is actually paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Matagorda Regional Medical Center billed $2.39 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
2.4x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
12
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in TX
#4
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
5/5
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 33.2/35

Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 18.1/25

Better than 73% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 26.4/30

Better than 88% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 7.5/10

Better than 75% 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

209 $11,672 $2,525 -40%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

41 $14,968 $3,033 -41%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

38 $30,360 $18,059 -53%
Heart Attack (severe)

MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay

36 $20,100 $15,030 -67%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

31 $20,767 $12,627 -52%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

23 $14,429 $2,833 -24%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

20 $22,733 $13,240 -51%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

18 $24,885 $15,666 -55%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

14 $12,021 $3,008 -41%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

14 $11,297 $2,166 -4%

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 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,297 $2,166 -4%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

$14,429 $2,833 -24%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

$22,586 $5,044 -36%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,672 $2,525 -40%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

$14,968 $3,033 -41%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

$12,021 $3,008 -41%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

$22,733 $13,240 -51%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$20,767 $12,627 -52%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Heart Attack (severe)

MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay

$20,100 $15,030 -67%
Kidney Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay

$18,938 $14,402 -64%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

$24,885 $15,666 -55%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

$30,360 $18,059 -53%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$20,767 $12,627 -52%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

$22,733 $13,240 -51%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

$12,021 $3,008 -41%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

$14,968 $3,033 -41%

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.