3/100
#2,582 nationally
Valley Regional Medical Center
100 A Alton Gloor, Brownsville, TX 78526 · (956) 350-7000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Valley Regional Medical Center billed $12.53 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
- 12.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 27
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #203
- 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 3% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 1% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 4% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
124 | $216,821 | $15,892 | +232% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
68 | $47,270 | $2,320 | +143% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
34 | $65,235 | $2,701 | +241% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
33 | $126,483 | $10,606 | +191% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
33 | $100,010 | $13,585 | +89% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
30 | $145,273 | $12,515 | +137% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
30 | $103,630 | $11,253 | +114% |
|
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 432 · Inpatient stay |
24 | $104,225 | $15,170 | +30% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
22 | $40,833 | $1,407 | +305% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
21 | $128,850 | $10,980 | +177% |
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 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,833 | $1,407 | +305% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$93,835 | $2,832 | +272% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$195,266 | $13,207 | +255% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$65,235 | $2,701 | +241% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$216,821 | $15,892 | +232% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$115,402 | $5,007 | +229% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$224,262 | $15,169 | +194% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$126,483 | $10,606 | +191% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 432 · Inpatient stay |
$104,225 | $15,170 | +30% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$134,673 | $14,752 | +67% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$100,010 | $13,585 | +89% |
|
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 673 · Inpatient stay |
$301,594 | $33,464 | +96% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$559,527 | $39,806 | +108% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$148,884 | $13,862 | +109% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$103,630 | $11,253 | +114% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$70,510 | $8,046 | +114% |
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.