29/100
#1,905 nationally
Methodist Charlton Medical Center
3500 W Wheatland Road, Dallas, TX 75237 · (214) 947-7777
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Methodist Charlton Medical Center billed $5.93 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
- 5.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 66
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #109
- 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 25% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 22% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 36% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 44% 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 |
697 | $27,676 | $2,447 | +42% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
443 | $93,073 | $15,649 | +43% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
155 | $75,612 | $11,697 | +74% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
76 | $15,758 | $1,696 | +34% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
57 | $236,265 | $44,146 | +33% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
56 | $47,359 | $9,840 | +21% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
54 | $11,001 | $1,416 | +9% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
51 | $56,234 | $12,627 | about average |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
50 | $17,160 | $2,869 | -10% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
48 | $28,645 | $2,893 | +14% |
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 |
$56,965 | $7,431 | +86% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$75,612 | $11,697 | +74% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$131,003 | $18,544 | +67% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$79,561 | $12,409 | +64% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay |
$97,815 | $13,774 | +48% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$93,073 | $15,649 | +43% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,676 | $2,447 | +42% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$66,200 | $11,510 | +42% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,939 | $1,441 | -54% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$85,520 | $21,319 | -36% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$47,665 | $9,893 | -30% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$77,809 | $15,234 | -24% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,622 | $2,557 | -23% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours
MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay |
$90,007 | $19,996 | -21% |
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 299 · Inpatient stay |
$56,457 | $12,092 | -16% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$69,917 | $16,927 | -16% |
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.