41/100
#1,567 nationally
Methodist Dallas Medical Center
1441 North Beckley Avenue, Dallas, TX 75203 · (214) 947-8181
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Methodist Dallas Medical Center billed $4.75 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
- 4.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 76
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #91
- 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 48% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 38% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 39% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 37% 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 |
734 | $29,415 | $2,417 | +51% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
199 | $86,835 | $20,482 | +33% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
143 | $14,370 | $1,684 | +22% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
110 | $37,515 | $4,775 | +4% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
95 | $51,992 | $14,391 | +20% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
87 | $23,493 | $2,842 | +23% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
63 | $11,706 | $1,441 | +16% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
60 | $37,604 | $4,986 | +7% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
58 | $41,729 | $9,608 | -38% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
51 | $12,967 | $1,744 | about average |
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 (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$118,795 | $19,980 | +145% |
|
COPD (with complications)
MS-DRG 191 · Inpatient stay |
$59,072 | $12,353 | +77% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$81,323 | $16,266 | +75% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$119,841 | $22,449 | +57% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$121,618 | $19,562 | +55% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$68,979 | $13,027 | +51% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,415 | $2,417 | +51% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)
MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay |
$56,943 | $13,573 | +51% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$81,333 | $21,319 | -39% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,729 | $9,608 | -38% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$52,578 | $15,145 | -37% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$81,687 | $28,297 | -34% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$104,544 | $29,519 | -30% |
|
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 472 · Inpatient stay |
$91,258 | $28,564 | -24% |
|
Complications of Treatment with Major Complications
MS-DRG 919 · Inpatient stay |
$57,629 | $21,624 | -23% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
$139,386 | $39,965 | -21% |
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.