US Health Care Costs

Ascension Seton Cedar Park

1401 Medical Parkway, Cedar Park, TX 78613 · (512) 528-7000

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$11what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$31.5Mnet income, all sources
15.4%margin on patient care alone
$6.0Mcost of charity care (4.9% of costs)
$25.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
110beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending November 2024. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 871147$82,884$12,879
Lung infection, with major complications 17740$69,796$11,000
Heart failure, with major complications 29138$48,226$8,753
Hip or knee replacement 47036$134,786$14,585
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68936$60,456$8,586
Pneumonia, with major complications 19334$67,076$8,705
Sepsis 87233$58,556$7,292
Urinary tract infection 69032$42,706$5,998
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85323$176,245$25,098
COPD, with major complications 19021$66,635$7,586
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37819$68,014$6,754
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64119$36,355$6,369
Stomach and digestive disorders 39216$43,273$5,941
Heart attack, with major complications 28014$64,185$10,151
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48114$135,205$13,865
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64014$61,878$9,479
Respiratory failure 18913$78,561$8,689
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60313$44,353$7,870
Kidney failure, with complications 68313$45,489$11,032
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06512$59,540$6,988
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30812$63,466$8,233
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30912$51,271$5,068
Back problems (no surgery) 55211$52,832$6,960
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