US Health Care Costs

Bowel obstruction, with complications in Texas

MS-DRG 389: Gastrointestinal obstruction with cc

$41,349typical hospital bill
$7,408typical amount paid
$4,922–$19,852range paid across 82 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $41,349 for this stay in 2024, about 5.6 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

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

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Texas Health Hospital FriscoFrisco11$35,339$4,922
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center GrapevineGrapevine30$23,302$5,474
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center McKinneyMc Kinney22$22,625$5,582
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center PlanoPlano33$25,489$5,699
Sierra Medical CenterEl Paso12$59,382$5,923
Methodist Hospital Stone OakSan Antonio22$47,637$5,968
Houston Methodist Clear Lake HospitalNassau Bay17$45,730$6,092
Houston Methodist the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands35$40,110$6,126
Texoma Medical CenterDenison18$65,307$6,254
Shannon Medical CenterSan Angelo30$26,688$6,257
Peterson Regional Medical CenterKerrville16$29,843$6,268
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round RockRound Rock19$21,787$6,275
Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land31$37,311$6,327
Christus St Michael Health SystemTexarkana18$35,478$6,368
Hendrick Medical CenterAbilene30$48,925$6,415
Citizens Medical CenterVictoria14$20,075$6,468
Round Rock Medical CenterRound Rock11$53,569$6,480
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler44$46,321$6,491
Bsa HospitalAmarillo32$34,360$6,549
St Luke's the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands19$54,629$6,666
United Regional Health Care SystemWichita Falls26$31,978$6,684
Chi St Lukes Health Memorial LufkinLufkin13$46,615$6,702
Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalHouston33$44,983$6,774
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio119$60,974$6,808
Medical Center of McKinneyMcKinney16$66,605$6,842
Methodist Mansfield Medical CenterMansfield20$43,921$6,882
Ascension ProvidenceWaco19$19,841$6,888
Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional HospitalTyler21$45,087$6,902
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio41$86,088$6,999
Methodist Richardson Medical CenterRichardson17$31,197$7,030
De Tar Hospital NavarroVictoria12$80,185$7,044
Houston Methodist West HospitalHouston29$42,931$7,048
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest FFort Worth21$35,494$7,077
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Lake PointeRowlett17$28,645$7,118
Hunt Regional Medical CenterGreenville12$27,833$7,130
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- WaxahachieWaxahachie11$30,312$7,215
Christus Santa Rosa Medical CenterSan Antonio32$32,372$7,235
Ut of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas34$24,131$7,306
Medical City DentonDenton14$68,890$7,312
Chi St Joseph Health Regional HospitalBryan21$48,748$7,325
Covenant Medical CenterLubbock31$73,368$7,364
Memorial Hermann Katy HospitalKaty20$36,718$7,451
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth44$35,794$7,480
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital PlanoPlano31$37,719$7,484
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DallasDallas47$27,489$7,539
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center HillcrestWaco15$23,460$7,558
The Corpus Christi Medical CenterCorpus Christi22$76,406$7,586
Midland Memorial HospitalMidland16$31,708$7,599
Methodist Charlton Medical CenterDallas13$44,091$7,609
St David's Medical CenterAustin25$42,784$7,672
Christus Southeast Texas- St ElizabethBeaumont19$29,515$7,719
Medical City WeatherfordWeatherford14$69,136$7,724
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth SouthFort Worth14$44,743$7,869
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DentonDenton27$37,900$7,882
North Austin Medical CenterAustin22$56,708$8,005
Texas Health Arlington Memorial HospitalArlington13$40,651$8,027
Medical City Dallas HospitalDallas18$77,830$8,065
HCA Houston Healthcare KingwoodKingwood34$98,294$8,086
Baptist Beaumont HospitalBeaumont19$54,151$8,163
Christus Good Shepherd Medical CenterLongview14$32,409$8,256
Las Palmas Medical Center a Campus of Lpds HealthcEl Paso21$92,878$8,399
Baylor University Medical CenterDallas32$22,586$8,593
Memorial Hermann Memorial City HospitalHouston15$36,701$8,599
St David's South Austin Medical CenterAustin25$97,261$8,621
Medical City North HillsNorth Richland Hills16$64,132$8,656
Medical City PlanoPlano31$63,188$8,678
Medical Center HospitalOdessa14$22,425$8,691
Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical CenterFort Worth18$29,040$8,692
Houston Methodist Baytown HospitalBaytown14$46,646$8,735
Baylor St Lukes Medical CenterHouston15$53,475$8,907
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston56$37,898$8,996
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center at IrvingIrving11$29,276$9,034
Ascension Seton Medical Center AustinAustin21$51,155$9,108
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston71$48,897$9,132
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple24$27,267$9,334
Memorial Hermann Northeast HospitalHumble12$32,707$9,379
Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi14$53,490$9,403
University of Texas Medical Branch GalvestonGalveston29$17,262$10,702
University Medical CenterLubbock32$49,240$11,592
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-BedfordBedford16$36,676$11,659
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical CenterHouston17$50,613$11,823
University Health SystemSan Antonio13$42,046$19,852

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.