CostGrade
B

79/100

#380 nationally

North Texas Medical Center

1900 Hospital Blvd, Gainesville, TX 76240 · (940) 612-8600

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, North Texas Medical Center billed $3.06 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
3.1x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
22
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in TX
#8
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.

Inpatient charge markup 26.6/35

Better than 76% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 20.7/25

Better than 83% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 22.8/30

Better than 76% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 9.3/10

Better than 93% 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
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

244 $7,800 $2,231 -34%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

96 $13,380 $2,616 -31%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

72 $45,144 $16,988 -31%
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

50 $33,247 $11,611 -31%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

32 $37,642 $12,214 -19%
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay

25 $21,734 $8,374 -27%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

24 $7,224 $1,834 -39%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

23 $32,970 $11,967 -24%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

23 $25,308 $10,097 -35%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

17 $6,622 $1,563 -34%

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 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

$17,077 $3,072 -11%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

$35,261 $6,895 -12%
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)

MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay

$67,293 $16,472 -16%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

$37,642 $12,214 -19%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$32,970 $11,967 -24%
Pneumonia (with complications)

MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay

$23,940 $8,423 -25%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay

$22,965 $8,093 -25%
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay

$21,734 $8,374 -27%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

$15,518 $5,561 -56%
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay

$33,556 $15,487 -49%
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Complications

MS-DRG 071 · Inpatient stay

$24,049 $10,179 -46%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures

APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit

$13,689 $3,334 -41%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

$7,224 $1,834 -39%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

$25,308 $10,097 -35%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

$13,200 $3,120 -35%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

$6,622 $1,563 -34%

What this page cannot tell you

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  • 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.
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