US Health Care Costs

Texas Orthopedic Hospital

7401 South Main Street, Houston, TX 77030 · (713) 799-8600

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - OtherEmergency roomCMS rating Not rated

The money

$6what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$134.3Mnet income, all sources
45.7%margin on patient care alone
$472,429cost of charity care (0.3% of costs)
$2.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
42beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 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
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Cc 454131$469,307$43,786
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement with Cc 46789$370,048$28,375
Major Joint or Limb Reattachment Procedures of Upper Extremities 48372$274,190$18,016
Hip or knee replacement 47043$221,817$12,920
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Cc 47239$224,830$22,366
Multiple Level Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Except Cervical with Cc 42729$623,553$60,621
Single Level Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Except Cervical 40228$413,111$41,897
Spinal fusion (lower or mid back) 46024$333,325$35,145
Back and Neck Procedures Except Spinal Fusion with Cc 51918$109,595$13,371
Wound Debridement and Skin Graft Except Hand for Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue D 46417$290,163$21,194
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement Without Cc/Mcc 46814$414,509$20,583
Lower Extremity and Humerus Procedures Except Hip, Foot and Femur with Cc 49314$205,884$16,740
Major Hip and Knee Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity with Mcc or Tota 46913$421,999$21,996
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48111$151,590$15,610
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