Ascension Seton Highland Lakes

Highway 281 South, Burnet, TX 78611 · (512) 715-3000

Rural (critical access) hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency room

Ascension Seton Highland Lakes is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Burnet, Texas (Burnet County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room and holds 5 of 5 stars in CMS's overall quality rating. It lists $6.44 for every $1 its care costs, close to the typical Texas hospital ($6.38).

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★★★★★CMS overall quality rating

$6.44listed for every $1 its care costs Texas typical $6.38

1 h 56 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

25beds

Quality and patient experience

Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better

Heart failure

9.6%

Pneumonia

12.5%

Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better

Heart failure

21.2%

Pneumonia

16.8%

US typical hospital. Infection figures are a ratio: 1.00 means as many infections as expected for a hospital like this one. CMS adjusts these rates for how sick the patients are; a small gap from the typical hospital can be chance, so a verdict is shown only where CMS gives one.

Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.

The money

$16what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$4.7Mnet income, all sources

4.3%margin on patient care alone

$5.3Mcost of charity care (12.3% of costs)

$3.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

138full-time staff (equivalent)

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. Every US hospital must publish them; search the hospital's website for "price transparency" or "standard charges".

This hospital has no Medicare stay data for 2024. Medicare data covers mostly patients 65 and older, so psychiatric, children's and very small hospitals often don't appear.

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