30/100
#1,886 nationally
University Medical Center
602 Indiana Avenue, Lubbock, TX 79415 · (806) 775-8200
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, University Medical Center billed $5.36 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
- 5.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 131
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #105
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 40% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 23% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 27% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 21% 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 |
932 | $24,341 | $2,342 | +25% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
201 | $108,912 | $21,604 | +67% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
156 | $10,280 | $1,392 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
138 | $57,578 | $15,485 | +33% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
138 | $24,101 | $2,773 | -5% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
138 | $24,143 | $1,996 | +105% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
136 | $65,994 | $15,402 | +36% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
122 | $20,471 | $2,740 | +7% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
122 | $23,300 | $1,513 | +98% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
90 | $75,218 | $11,406 | +20% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay |
$412,980 | $60,466 | +281% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$53,805 | $2,144 | +225% |
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$58,758 | $3,323 | +169% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$53,103 | $3,166 | +134% |
|
Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Complications
MS-DRG 439 · Inpatient stay |
$82,584 | $12,135 | +130% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,143 | $1,996 | +105% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,300 | $1,513 | +98% |
|
Disorders of the Biliary Tract with Complications
MS-DRG 445 · Inpatient stay |
$96,650 | $16,888 | +88% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours
MS-DRG 207 · Inpatient stay |
$148,819 | $55,820 | -42% |
|
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major
MS-DRG 441 · Inpatient stay |
$57,967 | $18,480 | -24% |
|
Full Thickness Burn with Skin Graft or Inhalation Injury with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 928 · Inpatient stay |
$222,936 | $61,657 | -19% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay |
$56,390 | $19,353 | -15% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,550 | $4,680 | -10% |
|
Coronary Bypass without Cardiac Catheterization without Major Complications
MS-DRG 236 · Inpatient stay |
$168,529 | $38,023 | -8% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay |
$60,313 | $18,752 | -6% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,101 | $2,773 | -5% |
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.