Texas / Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Uptown
CMS certification 450422 · Dallas, TX · 4 entries in CMS's price-transparency list
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Uptown: charges and Medicare payments
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Uptown reported 26 Medicare inpatient stays across 2 DRGs in 2024. Across them it charged 3.11 times what it was paid. Its most frequent stay was DRG 470, Major Hip and Knee Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without MCC: 15 stays at an average charge of $47,897, 49% below the national average. It also billed 888 outpatient services, charging 5.12 times what Medicare paid.
- 1Medicare inpatient stays 26
- 2Charge ÷ paid, inpatient 3.11×
- 3Rank in TX (highest ratio = 1) –
- 4CMS price-transparency actions 4
Inpatient stays
For the 2 DRGs that can be compared with the national average, Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Uptown charged more than the national average in 0 (0%). Payments follow Medicare's rates, so they usually vary far less than charges.
| DRG | Stays | Avg charge | vs US | Avg paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 470 Major Hip and Knee Joint Replacement or Reattachment of... | 15 | $47,897 | -49% | $12,463 |
| 472 Cervical Spinal Fusion with CC | 11 | $55,019 | -62% | $21,667 |
Outpatient services
| Service (APC) | Services | Avg charge | Medicare allowed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 328 | $48,903 | $11,595 |
| Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 140 | $34,609 | $6,319 |
| Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 108 | $21,787 | $5,145 |
| Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 84 | $58,461 | $16,376 |
| Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 61 | $17,335 | $2,875 |
| Level 1 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures | 31 | $17,112 | $3,430 |
| Level 2 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures | 28 | $26,818 | $5,868 |
| Level 1 Abdominal/Peritoneal/Biliary and Related Procedures | 17 | $25,760 | $2,967 |
| Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 17 | $30,106 | $9,258 |
| Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 14 | $13,910 | $1,459 |
| Level 5 ENT Procedures | 14 | $18,862 | $5,270 |
| Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 12 | $10,839 | $1,446 |
| Level 1 Nerve Procedures | 12 | $11,044 | $1,738 |
| Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 11 | $12,485 | $2,557 |
| Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 11 | $11,105 | $2,868 |
Against the Texas average
For Major Hip and Knee Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without MCC (DRG 470), Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Uptown charged $47,897 on average, 59% less than the Texas average of $116,220, and was paid $12,463 against a state average of $15,157. For Cervical Spinal Fusion with CC (DRG 472), Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Uptown charged $55,019 on average, 69% less than the Texas average of $178,665, and was paid $21,667 against a state average of $25,128. For Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures (outpatient APC 5115), its average charge of $48,903 was 50% below the state average of $98,771. For Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures (outpatient APC 5114), its average charge of $34,609 was 41% below the state average of $58,833. For Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services (outpatient APC 5361), its average charge of $21,787 was 57% below the state average of $50,995. For Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures (outpatient APC 5116), its average charge of $58,461 was 55% below the state average of $129,107.
Price-transparency record
CMS's enforcement list records these actions for a hospital named Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Uptown in Dallas, TX, under the federal hospital price-transparency rule (45 CFR part 180), which requires hospitals to post their standard charges online:
- Met Requirements — 2024-02-15 (CMS case 2032)
- Warning Notice — 2025-04-25 (CMS case 4091)
- Closure Notice — 2025-05-06 (CMS case 4091)
- Met Requirements — 2026-07-15 (CMS case 8278)
A warning notice or corrective-action request is not a finding of wrongdoing; "Met Requirements" and closure notices record that CMS's review ended. Matched to this hospital by exact name, city and state.
Charges are the hospital's list prices averaged over its 2024 Medicare cases; payments are what those cases actually brought in. Neither is what you will pay. For a planned procedure, ask the hospital for its price estimate or, if you are uninsured or self-paying, a good-faith estimate.
Sources: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024; CMS Medicare Outpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024; CMS Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Activities and Outcomes, July 2026. Checked 2026-10-24. Methodology.