79/100
#382 nationally
Palo Pinto General Hospital
400 Southwest 25 Ave, Mineral Wells, TX 76067 · (940) 325-7891
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Palo Pinto General Hospital billed $3.04 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
- 3.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 17
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #9
- 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 89% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 77% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 82% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 43% 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 |
160 | $9,348 | $2,363 | -52% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
43 | $893 | $593 | -72% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
30 | $6,796 | $1,978 | -42% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
29 | $4,737 | $1,767 | -63% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
26 | $15,994 | $2,809 | -22% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
25 | $6,401 | $1,675 | -44% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
17 | $30,344 | $16,706 | -54% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
16 | $16,209 | $11,123 | -60% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
16 | $15,338 | $8,732 | -49% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
15 | $10,683 | $2,621 | -44% |
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 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,740 | $1,407 | +46% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$67,309 | $11,406 | +8% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,994 | $2,809 | -22% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$29,336 | $11,096 | -30% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,823 | $1,544 | -33% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$20,381 | $8,684 | -37% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$25,484 | $9,203 | -38% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,796 | $1,978 | -42% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$893 | $593 | -72% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,737 | $1,767 | -63% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$16,209 | $11,123 | -60% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$30,344 | $16,706 | -54% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,348 | $2,363 | -52% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$21,732 | $12,062 | -50% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$15,338 | $8,732 | -49% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,683 | $2,621 | -44% |
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.