CostGrade
C

59/100

#990 nationally

Peterson Regional Medical Center

551 Hill Country Drive, Kerrville, TX 78028 · (830) 896-4200

Charges well above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Peterson Regional Medical Center billed $4.86 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
4.9x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
68
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in TX
#35
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 17.4/35

Better than 50% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 13.8/25

Better than 55% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 20.3/30

Better than 68% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 8.0/10

Better than 80% 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

956 $23,133 $2,353 +19%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

325 $6,682 $1,997 -43%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

270 $47,137 $11,335 -25%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

156 $49,100 $14,007 -25%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

153 $7,075 $1,634 -40%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

153 $7,056 $1,387 -37%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

132 $7,618 $1,407 -24%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

118 $29,015 $2,797 +15%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

107 $7,908 $1,675 -30%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

106 $24,802 $5,007 -29%

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
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

$23,133 $2,353 +19%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

$29,015 $2,797 +15%
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit

$56,224 $9,260 +9%
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit

$41,057 $6,838 +8%
Stroke (with complications)

MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay

$46,369 $7,467 about average
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)

MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay

$143,815 $20,625 about average
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)

MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay

$99,842 $13,329 about average
Gastrointestinal Obstruction without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 390 · Inpatient stay

$23,301 $5,170 about average

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 2 Vascular Procedures

APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit

$4,550 $1,349 -47%
Kidney Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay

$28,177 $10,533 -47%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

$10,929 $2,786 -46%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay

$99,190 $31,836 -45%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

$6,682 $1,997 -43%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

$7,075 $1,634 -40%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

$33,729 $11,875 -39%
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)

MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay

$29,130 $8,888 -38%

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.
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