Shamrock General Hospital
1000 South Main Street, Shamrock, TX 79079 · 40 Priced Procedures
Typical commercial prices here match the fair market benchmark (1.00×) after accounting for local nurse/doctor wages and patient complexity.
Balances commercial hospital prices against CMS clinical safety, infection control, and patient experience.
Loss-Leader / Captive Ancillary Cross-Subsidizer
Shamrock General Hospital prices routine shoppable procedures near 6.2× Medicare (p50 1.00×) while skewing captive emergency, lab, and upper-quartile codes to 10.5× Medicare (p75 1.28×, +28% upper-tail jump). Patients scheduling elective outpatient care can capture competitive rates, but emergency and ancillary bills require strict line-item auditing.
Where They're Good (Patient & Payer Edge)
- Bottom-quartile procedures (Q25) price at 0.78× the peer BaseRate benchmark
- Self-pay cash beats commercial insurance on 25% of shoppable procedures (99/100 Cash Honesty)
- CMS clinical safety score (85/100 safety score) with 72% patient recommendation
- Binding Good Faith Estimate rights under 45 CFR § 149.610 protect self-pay patients before scheduling
Where You Can Get Burned (Markup Traps)
- Outpatient surgery & OR suites carry a 7.8× markup over Medicare rates
- Captive ER (9.0×) & laboratory (9.6×) services average 1.69× higher multiples than routine shoppable care (6.2×)
- Upper-quartile procedures (Q75 1.28×) jump +28% above the median procedure ratio (Q50 1.00×)
- Unnegotiated chargemaster list prices average 7.6× Medicare (30¢ true HCRIS cost per $1 gross)
Pre-scheduled outpatient procedures where patients can comparison-shop.
Emergency, inpatient DRG, lab, and specialty drug lines billed after admission.
Detects median-gaming when upper-quartile codes spike above the p50 median.
Procedure Prices at Shamrock General Hospital
High-impact clinical procedures (MRIs, surgeries, inpatient stays, visits) are prioritized first. Use the category pills or search bar to filter all 40 published procedures.
| Procedure & Billing Code | This Hospital | vs. Fair |
|---|---|---|
| CT scan, abdomen and pelvis (with contrast) CPT Code: 74177 | $1,540 | 3.4× |
| CT scan, abdomen and pelvis (no contrast) CPT Code: 74176 | $1,103 | unverified |
| CT scan, sinuses CPT Code: 70486 | $1,050 | 6.3× |
| Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) CPT Code: 93306 | $963 | 1.7× |
| CT scan, chest (no contrast) CPT Code: 71250 | $823 | unverified |
| Digestive disorders treatment (inpatient stay) MS-DRG Code: 392 | $757 | 0.1× |
| CT scan, head (no contrast) CPT Code: 70450 | $529 | 3.3× |
| CT scan, neck (cervical spine) CPT Code: 72125 | $529 | 3.1× |
| Ultrasound, thyroid and neck CPT Code: 76536 | $490 | 3.7× |
| X-ray, lower back CPT Code: 72110 | $456 | unverified |
| X-ray, ankle CPT Code: 73610 | $228 | 2.5× |
| Breathing treatment (nebulizer) CPT Code: 94640 | $221 | 1.1× |
| X-ray, chest (two views) CPT Code: 71046 | $210 | unverified |
| X-ray, shoulder CPT Code: 73030 | $210 | unverified |
| X-ray, hand CPT Code: 73130 | $210 | unverified |
| X-ray, hip CPT Code: 73502 | $193 | unverified |
| X-ray, foot CPT Code: 73630 | $210 | unverified |
| X-ray, chest (single view) CPT Code: 71045 | $158 | 1.7× |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG, tracing only) CPT Code: 93005 | $116 | 1.8× |
| Blood test, vitamin D CPT Code: 82306 | $140 | 4.5× |
| Blood test, ferritin (iron stores) CPT Code: 82728 | $120 | unverified |
| Culture, bacterial CPT Code: 87070 | $78 | 8.7× |
| Blood test, liver function panel CPT Code: 80076 | $65 | 7.2× |
| Blood test, comprehensive metabolic panel CPT Code: 80053 | $88 | unverified |
| Blood test, PSA (prostate screen) CPT Code: 84153 | $88 | unverified |
Audit a Bill or Quote at Shamrock General Hospital (Zero PHI Required)
Above Standard 400% FPL Financial-Assistance Ceiling
At 274% FPL, you exceed the standard 400% FPL tier, though medical-hardship caps (when bills exceed 10% of annual income) may still apply.
Self-Pay Cash Rate ($1,540) Beats Your Bill
Shamrock General Hospital's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $1,540 (vs. $1,540 commercial insurer median). Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.
Negotiate Toward $448 Fair BaseRate ($356 Medicare)
Your bill ($2,200) is $1,752 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($448) and 6.2× the $356 Medicare rate.
Financial Assistance Policy (FAP) & Amounts Generally Billed (AGB)
Public IRS & CMS ownership records classify Shamrock General Hospital as a non-501(c)(3) facility. Federal 26 U.S.C. § 501(r) statutory charity-care caps apply specifically to tax-exempt nonprofit hospitals, though state hospital fair-pricing statutes and prompt-pay self-pay discounts may still apply.
Clinical Quality, Patient Experience & Infection Benchmarks
Source: CMS Hospital Care Compare. Clinical quality metrics summarize historical facility-wide cohorts and are not medical advice for individual care decisions.
How to Pay Less Nearby: Freestanding Centers, Insurer Leverage & Outpatient Savings
2D regional comparison of commercial negotiated price index against CMS clinical quality composite for Shamrock General Hospital.
Verify the Raw Data: Official Hospital MRF, CMS Medicare.gov & Federal Filings
Safe-Harbor Data Corrections: Parsed directly from public 45 CFR § 180 hospital filings, CMS Care Compare, and CMS HCRIS cost reports. Hospital compliance officers may submit updated MRF URLs or rate tables for verification.