46/100
#1,403 nationally
University Of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, University Of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center billed $6.52 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
- 6.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 43
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #76
- 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.
Not published for this hospital — scored at 50% of the component rather than zero, because an absent figure is not a bad one.
Better than 45% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 44% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 44% 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 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
3,472 | $12,423 | $1,489 | +23% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
3,313 | $20,320 | $2,622 | +15% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
3,043 | $2,338 | $628 | -25% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,050 | $16,845 | $2,508 | -13% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
969 | $14,657 | $1,753 | +25% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
858 | $12,515 | $1,875 | -3% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
842 | $17,972 | $2,931 | -6% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
586 | $10,120 | $1,471 | +18% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
555 | $22,652 | $3,425 | about average |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
521 | $15,562 | $3,216 | -25% |
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 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$52,390 | $4,612 | +75% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,292 | $1,790 | +61% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,529 | $2,161 | +58% |
|
Level 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$80,664 | $7,195 | +36% |
|
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,697 | $2,167 | +36% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,649 | $2,602 | +31% |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,328 | $6,342 | +27% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,657 | $1,753 | +25% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5093 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,161 | $8,738 | -54% |
|
Level 4 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5094 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$58,339 | $15,817 | -39% |
|
Level 8 Urology and Related Services
APC 5378 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$56,164 | $18,262 | -35% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,611 | $5,250 | -28% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,338 | $628 | -25% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,562 | $3,216 | -25% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,318 | $6,634 | -24% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$45,915 | $9,356 | -23% |
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.