70/100
#653 nationally
Seton Medical Center Harker Heights
850 W Central Texas Expressway, Harker Heights, TX 76548 · (254) 690-0900
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Seton Medical Center Harker Heights billed $3.68 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
- 3.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 37
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #19
- 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.
Better than 70% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 71% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 72% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 66% 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 |
199 | $18,687 | $2,478 | -4% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
113 | $42,371 | $14,582 | -35% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
67 | $41,849 | $11,840 | -33% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
66 | $25,897 | $2,958 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
53 | $30,629 | $10,991 | -29% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
48 | $20,701 | $6,421 | -48% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
38 | $9,707 | $2,954 | -52% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
37 | $15,726 | $1,644 | +34% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
32 | $27,514 | $9,267 | -30% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
25 | $18,533 | $5,266 | -47% |
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 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,726 | $1,644 | +34% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,659 | $2,909 | +13% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,897 | $2,958 | about average |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$66,498 | $9,612 | about average |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,687 | $2,478 | -4% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$29,380 | $8,018 | -4% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,953 | $1,480 | -11% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$28,903 | $8,401 | -12% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,616 | $3,182 | -58% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,905 | $4,722 | -57% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,707 | $2,954 | -52% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$24,659 | $10,894 | -49% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,701 | $6,421 | -48% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,533 | $5,266 | -47% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,738 | $2,593 | -45% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,421 | $1,859 | -43% |
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.