66/100
#765 nationally
Medical Center Hospital
500 W 4Th Street, Odessa, TX 79761 · (432) 640-4000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Medical Center Hospital billed $3.72 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
- 3.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 85
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #22
- 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.
Better than 63% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 62% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 69% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 77% 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 |
341 | $17,939 | $2,330 | -8% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
302 | $57,998 | $16,304 | -11% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
136 | $45,826 | $11,957 | +6% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
133 | $18,243 | $2,742 | -28% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
118 | $8,471 | $1,394 | -16% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
108 | $6,518 | $1,614 | -43% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
87 | $49,082 | $14,157 | -20% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
80 | $13,129 | $2,719 | -31% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
69 | $53,820 | $11,012 | -14% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
66 | $105,067 | $34,199 | -41% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$40,859 | $8,395 | +34% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,514 | $1,957 | +15% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$40,981 | $8,690 | +12% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,275 | $1,390 | +8% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$45,826 | $11,957 | +6% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,945 | $7,372 | +6% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$81,755 | $16,893 | +4% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$79,875 | $15,374 | -4% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 330 · Inpatient stay |
$41,682 | $19,722 | -59% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,431 | $4,768 | -55% |
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 252 · Inpatient stay |
$70,878 | $27,325 | -51% |
|
Coronary Bypass without Cardiac Catheterization with Major Complications
MS-DRG 235 · Inpatient stay |
$119,874 | $44,760 | -50% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$136,517 | $41,452 | -49% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,582 | $3,249 | -49% |
|
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Complications
MS-DRG 372 · Inpatient stay |
$20,999 | $10,267 | -47% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay |
$102,500 | $32,470 | -43% |
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.