6/100
#2,485 nationally
Medical City Alliance
3101 North Tarrant Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177 · (817) 639-1100
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Medical City Alliance billed $11.31 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
- 11.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 33
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #175
- 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 8% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 4% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 5% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 5% 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 |
114 | $125,080 | $16,388 | +92% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
69 | $18,955 | $1,447 | +88% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
49 | $66,586 | $2,946 | +164% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
41 | $102,526 | $11,029 | +136% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
36 | $43,191 | $2,471 | +122% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
28 | $341,810 | $21,387 | +158% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
25 | $85,390 | $11,706 | +83% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
21 | $234,131 | $16,065 | +130% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
19 | $53,044 | $2,802 | +178% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
18 | $76,272 | $11,274 | +57% |
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 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$378,122 | $16,789 | +355% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$155,946 | $6,116 | +291% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$216,910 | $11,079 | +247% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$120,377 | $4,978 | +243% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$162,739 | $9,634 | +216% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,226 | $1,532 | +209% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,415 | $1,718 | +193% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$53,044 | $2,802 | +178% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,724 | $2,565 | -11% |
|
Hypertension with Major Complications
MS-DRG 304 · Inpatient stay |
$73,327 | $10,226 | +47% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$82,693 | $12,028 | +56% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$76,272 | $11,274 | +57% |
|
Hypertension without Major Complications
MS-DRG 305 · Inpatient stay |
$54,329 | $7,733 | +62% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$85,390 | $11,706 | +83% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$90,155 | $10,157 | +86% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,955 | $1,447 | +88% |
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.