Ungraded
#1,771 nationally
Scenic Mountain Medical Center
1601 W 11Th Place, Big Spring, TX 79720 · (432) 263-1211
Not enough published pricing to grade
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Scenic Mountain Medical Center billed $4.56 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
- 4.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 5
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #107
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- Not rated
- shown for context, not in the grade
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 |
80 | $19,525 | $2,516 | about average |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
21 | $39,186 | $12,573 | -16% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
21 | $44,860 | $13,757 | +3% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
13 | $55,239 | $17,897 | -15% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
13 | $49,592 | $3,240 | +140% |
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 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$49,592 | $3,240 | +140% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$44,860 | $13,757 | +3% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,525 | $2,516 | about average |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$55,239 | $17,897 | -15% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$39,186 | $12,573 | -16% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$39,186 | $12,573 | -16% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$55,239 | $17,897 | -15% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,525 | $2,516 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$44,860 | $13,757 | +3% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$49,592 | $3,240 | +140% |
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.