11/100
#2,379 nationally
The Hospital At Westlake Medical Center
5656 Bee Caves Road, Suite M-302, Austin, TX 78746 · (512) 327-0000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, The Hospital At Westlake Medical Center billed $10.29 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
- 10.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 11
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #160
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- Not rated
- 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 6% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 15% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 10% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 20% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
71 | $61,750 | $6,064 | +55% |
|
Major Joint or Limb Reattachment Procedures of Upper Extremities
MS-DRG 483 · Inpatient stay |
67 | $144,041 | $16,063 | +40% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
40 | $131,089 | $16,052 | +58% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
37 | $333,945 | $26,725 | +196% |
|
Cervical Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 473 · Inpatient stay |
27 | $181,713 | $18,630 | +101% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
25 | $128,748 | $11,346 | +106% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
23 | $292,213 | $29,324 | +65% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
23 | $40,723 | $1,822 | +100% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
17 | $181,255 | $18,837 | +125% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
16 | $271,907 | $22,786 | +88% |
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 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$333,945 | $26,725 | +196% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$181,255 | $18,837 | +125% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$128,748 | $11,346 | +106% |
|
Cervical Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 473 · Inpatient stay |
$181,713 | $18,630 | +101% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,723 | $1,822 | +100% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$271,907 | $22,786 | +88% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
$292,213 | $29,324 | +65% |
|
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 472 · Inpatient stay |
$190,268 | $19,018 | +59% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Major Joint or Limb Reattachment Procedures of Upper Extremities
MS-DRG 483 · Inpatient stay |
$144,041 | $16,063 | +40% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$61,750 | $6,064 | +55% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$131,089 | $16,052 | +58% |
|
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 472 · Inpatient stay |
$190,268 | $19,018 | +59% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
$292,213 | $29,324 | +65% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$271,907 | $22,786 | +88% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,723 | $1,822 | +100% |
|
Cervical Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 473 · Inpatient stay |
$181,713 | $18,630 | +101% |
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.