CostGrade
F

3/100

#2,570 nationally

Medical City Arlington

3301 Matlock Road, Arlington, TX 76015 · (817) 465-3241

Among the highest charge markups in the country

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Medical City Arlington billed $11.44 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
11.4x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
64
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in TX
#197
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
2/5
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 1.4/35

Better than 4% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 0.4/25

Better than 2% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 1.2/30

Better than 4% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 0.5/10

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

297 $188,052 $17,979 +188%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

134 $51,342 $2,456 +164%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

86 $106,960 $12,663 +146%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

65 $12,243 $1,464 +21%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

63 $113,916 $12,921 +145%
Stroke (severe)

MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay

58 $205,030 $17,361 +169%
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay

52 $129,036 $15,491 +127%
Heart Attack (severe)

MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay

50 $168,782 $17,543 +175%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay

47 $94,909 $12,216 +96%
Kidney Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay

47 $106,971 $12,905 +102%

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 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

$206,594 $6,459 +418%
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications

MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay

$375,379 $20,586 +338%
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe)

MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay

$489,045 $22,819 +316%
Lower Extremity and Humerus Procedures Except Hip, Foot and Femur with Complications

MS-DRG 493 · Inpatient stay

$418,145 $24,192 +311%
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 025 · Inpatient stay

$771,026 $46,856 +301%
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)

MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay

$330,893 $19,940 +297%
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)

MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay

$177,570 $13,199 +275%
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 270 · Inpatient stay

$840,054 $47,068 +274%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

$12,243 $1,464 +21%
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications

MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay

$115,478 $14,735 +70%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications

MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay

$86,919 $12,641 +82%
Back Problems (severe)

MS-DRG 551 · Inpatient stay

$129,469 $15,427 +86%
Seizures without Major Complications

MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay

$77,529 $9,442 +90%
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay

$108,674 $12,533 +93%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay

$94,909 $12,216 +96%
Diabetes (with complications)

MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay

$67,714 $9,045 +96%

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.