CostGrade
F

5/100

#2,527 nationally

Woodland Heights Medical Center

505 South John Redditt Drive, Lufkin, TX 75904 · (936) 634-8311

Among the highest charge markups in the country

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Woodland Heights Medical Center billed $12.32 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
12.3x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
61
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in TX
#186
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.

Inpatient charge markup 2.4/35

Better than 7% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 0.3/25

Better than 1% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 1.7/30

Better than 6% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 0.2/10

Better than 2% 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

222 $111,069 $14,143 +70%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

171 $30,244 $2,364 +56%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

132 $87,627 $2,990 +324%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

118 $68,217 $9,032 +57%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

87 $88,088 $11,207 +60%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

85 $63,383 $2,808 +151%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

48 $95,470 $4,791 +172%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

45 $81,739 $4,490 +198%
COPD (severe)

MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay

43 $62,557 $7,713 +49%
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay

37 $55,651 $5,742 +73%

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 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

$374,755 $11,406 +500%
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit

$380,510 $16,137 +358%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

$87,627 $2,990 +324%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

$47,086 $1,675 +315%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

$159,675 $6,207 +301%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$50,989 $1,679 +295%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

$73,452 $2,682 +284%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

$40,217 $1,395 +258%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay

$65,670 $10,646 +16%
Hypertension without Major Complications

MS-DRG 305 · Inpatient stay

$39,136 $6,391 +17%
Stroke (severe)

MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay

$89,877 $11,367 +18%
Chest Pain

MS-DRG 313 · Inpatient stay

$43,511 $5,306 +29%
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)

MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay

$100,159 $12,167 +41%
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 202 · Inpatient stay

$55,924 $6,838 +42%
Kidney Failure (with complications)

MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay

$47,349 $6,496 +44%
Respiratory Infection (with complications)

MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay

$54,149 $6,960 +46%

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.