Texas / Columbus Community Hospital
CMS certification 450370 · Columbus, TX · 1 entry in CMS's price-transparency list
Columbus Community Hospital: charges and Medicare payments
Columbus Community Hospital reported 31 Medicare inpatient stays across 1 DRGs in 2024. Across them it charged 1.96 times what it was paid. Its most frequent stay was DRG 690, Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without MCC: 31 stays at an average charge of $15,086, 60% below the national average. It also billed 969 outpatient services, charging 4.27 times what Medicare paid.
- 1Medicare inpatient stays 31
- 2Charge ÷ paid, inpatient 1.96×
- 3Rank in TX (highest ratio = 1) –
- 4CMS price-transparency actions 1
Inpatient stays
For the 1 DRGs that can be compared with the national average, Columbus Community Hospital 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 690 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without MCC | 31 | $15,086 | -60% | $7,700 |
Outpatient services
| Service (APC) | Services | Avg charge | Medicare allowed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Intraocular Procedures | 513 | $5,196 | $2,165 |
| Comprehensive Observation Services | 232 | $9,564 | $2,550 |
| Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 65 | $58,863 | $12,109 |
| Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 39 | $16,522 | $5,376 |
| Level 1 Abdominal/Peritoneal/Biliary and Related Procedures | 22 | $12,061 | $3,224 |
| Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures | 19 | $6,155 | $2,177 |
| Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 15 | $4,576 | $1,511 |
| Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 15 | $9,057 | $2,471 |
| Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 14 | $11,037 | $2,844 |
| Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 13 | $7,839 | $2,513 |
| Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 11 | $24,243 | $6,666 |
| Level 1 Nerve Procedures | 11 | $7,877 | $1,799 |
Against the Texas average
For Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without MCC (DRG 690), Columbus Community Hospital charged $15,086 on average, 65% less than the Texas average of $42,965, and was paid $7,700 against a state average of $8,372. For Level 1 Intraocular Procedures (outpatient APC 5491), its average charge of $5,196 was 68% below the state average of $16,442. For Comprehensive Observation Services (outpatient APC 8011), its average charge of $9,564 was 66% below the state average of $27,955. For Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures (outpatient APC 5115), its average charge of $58,863 was 40% below the state average of $98,771. For Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services (outpatient APC 5361), its average charge of $16,522 was 68% below the state average of $50,995.
Price-transparency record
CMS's enforcement list records these actions for a hospital named Columbus Community Hospital in Columbus, TX, under the federal hospital price-transparency rule (45 CFR part 180), which requires hospitals to post their standard charges online:
- Warning Notice — 2026-07-16 (CMS case 8281)
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.