3/100
#2,573 nationally
Medical City Fort Worth
900 Eighth Avenue, Fort Worth, TX 76104 · (817) 336-2100
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Medical City Fort Worth billed $13.67 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
- 13.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 109
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #200
- 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.
Better than 3% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 2% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 4% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 3% 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 |
223 | $167,424 | $17,227 | +157% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
186 | $61,865 | $2,946 | +145% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
93 | $185,901 | $9,924 | +175% |
|
Complex GI Procedures
APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit |
91 | $33,198 | $5,145 | +11% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
88 | $58,439 | $4,587 | +113% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
83 | $92,273 | $11,278 | +113% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
71 | $163,542 | $17,310 | +114% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)
MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay |
64 | $111,662 | $9,649 | +196% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
64 | $42,768 | $1,654 | +264% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
62 | $576,582 | $21,387 | +335% |
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 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$216,350 | $5,160 | +525% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$617,038 | $27,952 | +447% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$587,161 | $27,810 | +371% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay |
$1,046,408 | $74,699 | +371% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$171,088 | $7,670 | +352% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$576,582 | $21,387 | +335% |
|
Multiple Level Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Except Cervical with
MS-DRG 427 · Inpatient stay |
$1,315,266 | $97,072 | +326% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Major Complications
MS-DRG 453 · Inpatient stay |
$1,844,686 | $77,076 | +316% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Complex GI Procedures
APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,198 | $5,145 | +11% |
|
Nervous System Neoplasms with Major Complications
MS-DRG 054 · Inpatient stay |
$80,813 | $13,050 | +22% |
|
Precerebral Occlusion without Infarction without Major Complications
MS-DRG 068 · Inpatient stay |
$70,990 | $8,225 | +28% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Complications
MS-DRG 092 · Inpatient stay |
$63,238 | $9,402 | +41% |
|
Chest Pain
MS-DRG 313 · Inpatient stay |
$51,469 | $6,772 | +53% |
|
Hypertension without Major Complications
MS-DRG 305 · Inpatient stay |
$51,741 | $6,756 | +54% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$60,641 | $8,807 | +55% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$79,721 | $10,379 | +55% |
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.