69/100
#685 nationally
United Regional Health Care System
1600 11Th Street, Wichita Falls, TX 76301 · (940) 764-7000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, United Regional Health Care System billed $3.69 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
- 148
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #20
- 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 61% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 77% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 68% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 86% 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 |
676 | $13,047 | $2,528 | -33% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
368 | $58,498 | $16,669 | -10% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
253 | $36,407 | $10,803 | -16% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
217 | $47,872 | $14,047 | -13% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
184 | $9,517 | $1,468 | -6% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
180 | $17,579 | $3,014 | -30% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
155 | $45,795 | $12,131 | -27% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
152 | $42,625 | $11,441 | -9% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
152 | $5,714 | $1,495 | -33% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
150 | $24,696 | $5,304 | -30% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$66,492 | $12,823 | +18% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 390 · Inpatient stay |
$26,902 | $4,710 | +12% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$33,455 | $8,249 | +10% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$42,674 | $8,844 | +9% |
|
Respiratory Infection (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 179 · Inpatient stay |
$36,711 | $6,411 | +8% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)
MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay |
$40,878 | $8,530 | +8% |
|
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Complications
MS-DRG 372 · Inpatient stay |
$42,089 | $8,697 | +6% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,626 | $2,625 | +5% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,308 | $9,450 | -51% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$23,970 | $11,889 | -50% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,120 | $3,558 | -49% |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 025 · Inpatient stay |
$101,029 | $36,612 | -48% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,667 | $5,130 | -46% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$37,538 | $13,899 | -45% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Major Complications
MS-DRG 242 · Inpatient stay |
$78,759 | $28,709 | -43% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$153,678 | $60,749 | -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.