Ut Health East Texas Carthage Hospital
409 COTTAGE RD, Carthage, TX 75633
Ut Health East Texas Carthage Hospital in Carthage, TX has an average Medicare payment of $17,504 and a Value Score of C (54/100). Compare prices for 18 procedures. Based on CMS inpatient data.
About Ut Health East Texas Carthage Hospital
Ut Health East Texas Carthage Hospital does not carry an overall CMS Hospital Compare star rating — typically because the hospital is too small, too specialized, or reports too few of the underlying measures to compute the composite. The CMS Hospital Compare measures break roughly evenly between better- and worse-than-benchmark performance, which is the modal pattern across U.S. hospitals.
Cost-wise, Ut Health East Texas Carthage Hospital is mid-pack: $17,504 average payment across documented procedures, close to the median for U.S. acute-care facilities. The composite value score of 54/100 puts Ut Health East Texas Carthage Hospital in the middle of the value distribution: not a standout choice on cost-vs-quality grounds, but not poor either.
Ut Health East Texas Carthage Hospital is investor-owned — a proprietary hospital, the minority ownership pattern in U.S. acute care. For-profit hospitals are more concentrated in some regions (Florida, Texas, Nevada) than others. The CMS payment record for Ut Health East Texas Carthage Hospital lists 18 distinct DRG codes — a mid-range procedure mix, including Cervical Spinal Fusion without CC/MCC, Cellulitis with MCC, Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure. The facility operates a 24-hour emergency department.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Hospital Compare quality measures, CMS Inpatient Payment data files.
Procedure Prices
| Procedure (DRG) | Total Payment |
|---|---|
Cervical Spinal Fusion without CC/MCC DRG 473 · Orthopedic | $24,079 |
Cellulitis with MCC DRG 603 · Infectious | $16,770 |
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure DRG 189 · Respiratory | $16,172 |
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with MCC DRG 480 · Orthopedic | $25,247 |
GI Hemorrhage with MCC DRG 378 · Digestive | $14,262 |
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours DRG 208 · Respiratory | $50,850 |
Vaginal Delivery without Complicating Diagnoses DRG 775 · Obstetric | $5,135 |
Signs and Symptoms without MCC DRG 948 · Other | $8,218 |
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with MCC DRG 065 · Neurological | $19,148 |
Nutritional and Misc Metabolic Disorders with MCC DRG 641 · Metabolic | $11,762 |
Syncope and Collapse DRG 312 · Neurological | $7,203 |
Transient Ischemia DRG 069 · Neurological | $7,818 |
Major Hip and Knee Joint Replacement DRG 470 · Orthopedic | $32,267 |
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with MCC DRG 193 · Respiratory | $16,501 |
Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis with MCC DRG 392 · Digestive | $19,298 |
Heart Failure and Shock with MCC DRG 291 · Cardiac | $16,391 |
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Ventilator DRG 871 · Infectious | $15,170 |
Renal Failure with CC DRG 683 · Renal | $8,780 |
Pricing data from CMS Hospital Price Transparency. Quality ratings from CMS Hospital Compare.
How Ut Health East Texas Carthage Hospital Compares
Ut Health East Texas Carthage Hospital has an average Medicare payment of $17,504, 10% above the Texas state average of $15,897. That is 10% higher than the national hospital average of $15,878. Most of its procedures fall under Orthopedic, where the typical payment is $26,891 (35% below this hospital's average). Its Value Score of C (54/100) reflects a blend of price percentile, CMS quality rating, and patient outcome measures.
Ut Health East Texas Carthage Hospital Cost & Quality FAQ
Ut Health East Texas Carthage Hospital has an average payment of $17,504 across 18 priced procedures. Costs vary significantly by procedure, compare individual prices in the procedure table above.
Ut Health East Texas Carthage Hospital does not currently have a CMS star rating on file. Quality measures may still be available for individual metrics like mortality and readmission rates.
Ut Health East Texas Carthage Hospital has a Value Score of C (54/100). This score combines cost efficiency, quality ratings, and patient outcomes to help compare hospitals. Proprietary facilities like this one are acute care hospitals.
Yes, Ut Health East Texas Carthage Hospital offers emergency services. The hospital is located at 409 COTTAGE RD, Carthage, TX 75633. Phone: (903) 693-3841.
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Hospital payment data reflects Medicare inpatient claims. Value Scores combine cost efficiency, CMS star ratings, and patient outcome measures. Actual out-of-pocket costs may vary based on insurance and individual circumstances.