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#2,613 nationally
South Texas Health System
1102 W Trenton Road, Edinburg, TX 78539 · (956) 632-4000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, South Texas Health System billed $13.76 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
- 13.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 70
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #207
- 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 2% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 0% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 2% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
357 | $267,798 | $17,703 | +310% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
128 | $68,557 | $2,360 | +253% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
99 | $150,469 | $12,449 | +247% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
83 | $72,323 | $13,008 | +100% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
74 | $165,279 | $14,350 | +169% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
64 | $133,794 | $2,760 | +430% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
58 | $124,542 | $12,828 | +157% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
55 | $132,688 | $10,209 | +238% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
53 | $152,282 | $14,004 | +168% |
|
Transient Ischemia without Thrombolytic
MS-DRG 069 · Inpatient stay |
50 | $128,979 | $9,090 | +213% |
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 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$237,371 | $6,208 | +495% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$133,794 | $2,760 | +430% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$118,151 | $3,002 | +408% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$175,938 | $5,007 | +401% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$161,936 | $4,768 | +348% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$78,082 | $2,302 | +342% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$43,210 | $1,407 | +329% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$224,821 | $13,199 | +312% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay |
$413,823 | $47,341 | +72% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$338,055 | $38,375 | +78% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$146,231 | $17,349 | +81% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$222,072 | $24,573 | +97% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$72,323 | $13,008 | +100% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$193,010 | $15,186 | +102% |
|
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 432 · Inpatient stay |
$163,529 | $17,142 | +105% |
|
Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Major
MS-DRG 981 · Inpatient stay |
$375,594 | $36,788 | +105% |
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.