12/100
#2,344 nationally
Methodist Hospital Stone Oak
1139 E Sonterra Blvd,, San Antonio, TX 78258 · (210) 638-2101
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Methodist Hospital Stone Oak billed $10.02 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
- 10.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 156
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #153
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 6% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 13% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 15% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 21% 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 |
417 | $133,174 | $13,285 | +104% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
333 | $45,461 | $6,151 | +14% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
286 | $38,668 | $2,375 | +99% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
167 | $98,772 | $8,827 | +128% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
132 | $44,303 | $4,887 | +26% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
122 | $128,986 | $11,406 | +106% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
110 | $81,399 | $8,803 | +36% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
107 | $57,566 | $2,814 | +128% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
102 | $267,221 | $20,557 | +101% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
87 | $67,579 | $6,678 | +73% |
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 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$256,520 | $18,936 | +218% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$354,371 | $23,031 | +184% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay |
$307,215 | $17,867 | +183% |
|
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Central Nervous System Principal
MS-DRG 024 · Inpatient stay |
$428,747 | $23,805 | +179% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$165,554 | $10,966 | +170% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,803 | $1,379 | +166% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$284,333 | $26,318 | +152% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$197,904 | $16,137 | +138% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Adrenal and Pituitary Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 615 · Inpatient stay |
$54,988 | $10,074 | -21% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,342 | $1,374 | about average |
|
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.d.e. with Major Complications
MS-DRG 417 · Inpatient stay |
$104,056 | $15,887 | about average |
|
Multiple Level Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Except Cervical with
MS-DRG 427 · Inpatient stay |
$307,330 | $47,671 | about average |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 330 · Inpatient stay |
$104,494 | $15,912 | +4% |
|
Back and Neck Procedures Except Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 519 · Inpatient stay |
$91,780 | $13,159 | +7% |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 027 · Inpatient stay |
$130,783 | $16,548 | +7% |
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,799 | $3,323 | +9% |
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.