US Health Care Costs

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Pflugerville

2600 East Pflugerville Parkway, Pflugerville, TX 78660 · (512) 654-6100

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

The money

$17what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$8.3Mnet income, all sources
12.1%margin on patient care alone
$5.3Mcost of charity care (11.4% of costs)
$8.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
25beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending September 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 87117$46,218$11,964
Heart failure, with major complications 29111$29,886$7,631
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".