Ungraded
Starr County Memorial Hospital
128 N Fm Rd 3167, Rio Grande City, TX 78582 · (956) 487-5561
Not enough published pricing to grade
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Starr County Memorial Hospital billed $1.63 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
- 1.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 4
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- —
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 |
69 | $7,755 | $2,514 | -60% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
22 | $23,696 | $18,296 | -64% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
11 | $12,157 | $9,900 | -59% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
11 | $11,246 | $11,000 | -71% |
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 (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$12,157 | $9,900 | -59% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,755 | $2,514 | -60% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$23,696 | $18,296 | -64% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$11,246 | $11,000 | -71% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$11,246 | $11,000 | -71% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$23,696 | $18,296 | -64% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,755 | $2,514 | -60% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$12,157 | $9,900 | -59% |
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.