23/100
#2,100 nationally
The Medical Center Of Southeast Texas
2555 Jimmy Johnson Blvd, Port Arthur, TX 77640 · (409) 853-5900
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, The Medical Center Of Southeast Texas billed $7.47 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
- 7.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 23
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #121
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- 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 23% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 15% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 25% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 38% 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 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
99 | $43,616 | $2,822 | +73% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
73 | $82,443 | $14,195 | +26% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
43 | $60,577 | $10,173 | +40% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
42 | $23,711 | $2,337 | +22% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
32 | $103,472 | $9,328 | +53% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
30 | $78,133 | $9,289 | +52% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
27 | $31,765 | $2,774 | +66% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
25 | $25,656 | $1,656 | +118% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
24 | $27,074 | $2,817 | +33% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
21 | $52,068 | $6,227 | +31% |
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 |
$25,656 | $1,656 | +118% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,905 | $1,399 | +104% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$43,616 | $2,822 | +73% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,765 | $2,774 | +66% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$103,472 | $9,328 | +53% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$78,133 | $9,289 | +52% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$60,577 | $10,173 | +40% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$74,176 | $12,311 | +35% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$53,036 | $12,093 | -7% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$42,196 | $9,045 | about average |
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$44,831 | $7,623 | about average |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$47,199 | $9,202 | +16% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$57,381 | $9,545 | +21% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,711 | $2,337 | +22% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$57,485 | $9,943 | +23% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$61,115 | $10,287 | +26% |
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.