47/100
#1,360 nationally
Parkland Health & Hospital System
5200 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75235 · (214) 590-8000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Parkland Health & Hospital System billed $2.17 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
- 2.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 68
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #68
- 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 93% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 25% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 21% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
565 | $26,099 | $2,456 | +34% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
165 | $65,302 | $52,862 | +50% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
155 | $112,195 | $62,322 | +72% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
84 | $12,282 | $1,445 | +22% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
71 | $29,203 | $2,097 | +148% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
71 | $5,608 | $610 | +79% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
63 | $19,524 | $2,777 | about average |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
48 | $9,870 | $1,833 | -24% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
46 | $61,156 | $50,417 | +56% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
41 | $14,655 | $1,712 | +25% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$114,579 | $56,027 | +181% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,203 | $2,097 | +148% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$123,535 | $55,560 | +133% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$77,875 | $57,553 | +116% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$104,896 | $50,812 | +104% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$95,676 | $54,002 | +100% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)
MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay |
$74,891 | $51,905 | +99% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$88,821 | $50,120 | +95% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
HIV-Related Infection (with complications)
MS-DRG 975 · Inpatient stay |
$56,020 | $55,634 | -34% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,870 | $1,833 | -24% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,624 | $4,945 | -18% |
|
Other Operating Room Procedures for Injuries with Major Complications
MS-DRG 907 · Inpatient stay |
$144,318 | $82,998 | -16% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,787 | $5,192 | -12% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$52,493 | $9,258 | -12% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,221 | $3,018 | -9% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$59,274 | $11,828 | -5% |
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.