CostGrade
F

3/100

#2,571 nationally

Medical City Dallas Hospital

7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX 75230 · (972) 566-6222

Among the highest charge markups in the country

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Medical City Dallas Hospital billed $13.85 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
13.8x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
151
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in TX
#198
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 0.5/35

Better than 2% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 1.0/25

Better than 4% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 1.1/30

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

287 $215,021 $16,843 +230%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

244 $19,384 $1,450 +92%
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures

APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit

188 $404,991 $21,214 +205%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

182 $64,806 $2,914 +157%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

162 $129,705 $11,425 +199%
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit

150 $52,449 $2,546 +197%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

146 $42,662 $2,822 +123%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

115 $200,362 $11,828 +221%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

104 $89,558 $5,193 +155%
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Complications

MS-DRG 847 · Inpatient stay

82 $217,099 $13,022 +305%

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
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)

MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay

$914,600 $62,461 +414%
Major Hematological and Immunological Diagnoses Except Sickle Cell Crisis and Coagulatio

MS-DRG 809 · Inpatient stay

$240,244 $18,457 +337%
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications

MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay

$542,482 $27,338 +335%
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)

MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay

$199,215 $11,559 +321%
Lymphoma and Non-acute Leukemia with Major Complications

MS-DRG 840 · Inpatient stay

$589,085 $43,701 +312%
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Complications

MS-DRG 847 · Inpatient stay

$217,099 $13,022 +305%
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 252 · Inpatient stay

$584,774 $38,806 +303%
Major Hematological and Immunological Diagnoses Except Sickle Cell Crisis and Coagulatio

MS-DRG 808 · Inpatient stay

$424,687 $48,970 +299%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Rehabilitation with Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 945 · Inpatient stay

$102,392 $10,150 +33%
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 073 · Inpatient stay

$96,044 $12,769 +48%
Fracture, Sprain, Strain and Dislocation Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without

MS-DRG 563 · Inpatient stay

$58,239 $7,989 +58%
Back Problems (severe)

MS-DRG 551 · Inpatient stay

$110,793 $13,910 +60%
Digestive Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay

$83,180 $12,193 +62%
Other Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue Operating Room Procedures without

MS-DRG 517 · Inpatient stay

$119,481 $12,151 +62%
Heart Attack (with complications)

MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay

$72,357 $8,291 +65%
Hypertension with Major Complications

MS-DRG 304 · Inpatient stay

$84,954 $10,031 +70%

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.