4/100
#2,557 nationally
Vhs Harlingen Hospital Company Llc
2101 Pease St, Harlingen, TX 78550 · (956) 389-1100
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Vhs Harlingen Hospital Company Llc billed $13.54 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
- 13.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 61
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #194
- 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 2% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 4% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 3% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 17% 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 |
240 | $204,153 | $15,347 | +213% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
66 | $130,351 | $11,422 | +200% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
53 | $114,990 | $9,460 | +193% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
52 | $137,051 | $11,214 | +194% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
46 | $23,938 | $1,331 | +137% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
38 | $115,079 | $10,064 | +182% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
38 | $495,431 | $38,098 | +178% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
38 | $366,964 | $26,867 | +226% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
37 | $238,405 | $15,043 | +186% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
36 | $136,226 | $11,711 | +157% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$130,656 | $6,411 | +311% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$197,346 | $13,772 | +259% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$72,578 | $3,025 | +252% |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 025 · Inpatient stay |
$658,005 | $42,769 | +242% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$121,566 | $4,611 | +236% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$160,626 | $9,530 | +232% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$366,964 | $26,867 | +226% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$106,657 | $7,775 | +224% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,430 | $1,390 | +68% |
|
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 432 · Inpatient stay |
$149,116 | $13,757 | +86% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,178 | $2,766 | +89% |
|
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 270 · Inpatient stay |
$426,465 | $36,841 | +90% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$50,528 | $2,764 | +100% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$101,429 | $14,072 | +103% |
|
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.d.e. without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 419 · Inpatient stay |
$151,826 | $11,817 | +117% |
|
Nervous System Neoplasms with Major Complications
MS-DRG 054 · Inpatient stay |
$146,748 | $13,386 | +122% |
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.