US Health Care Costs

Bowel surgery, with complications in Texas

MS-DRG 330: Major small and large bowel procedures with cc

$116,812typical hospital bill
$19,367typical amount paid
$14,622–$62,473range paid across 81 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $116,812 for this stay in 2024, about 6.0 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
Medical Center of McKinneyMcKinney13$255,510$14,622
Resolute Health HospitalNew Braunfels14$121,554$14,890
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center McKinneyMc Kinney20$65,518$15,207
Bsa HospitalAmarillo58$103,933$15,821
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center GrapevineGrapevine35$65,679$15,848
Methodist Hospital Stone OakSan Antonio51$104,494$15,912
Ascension ProvidenceWaco12$72,716$16,569
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler45$193,119$16,665
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital RockwallRockwall18$72,023$16,717
Citizens Medical CenterVictoria13$74,726$16,746
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center PlanoPlano39$55,425$16,788
Shannon Medical CenterSan Angelo31$68,466$16,977
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Lake PointeRowlett12$61,334$16,985
Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional HospitalTyler40$152,749$16,993
Peterson Regional Medical CenterKerrville12$74,055$17,010
Paris Regional Medical CenterParis16$111,934$17,239
Methodist Richardson Medical CenterRichardson23$97,940$17,282
St David's Medical CenterAustin30$218,090$17,416
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio76$230,227$17,540
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth SouthFort Worth11$141,055$17,581
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio93$132,430$17,675
Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land32$149,723$17,774
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital PlanoPlano36$85,836$17,870
Houston Methodist West HospitalHouston19$136,286$17,894
Christus Santa Rosa Medical CenterSan Antonio22$103,790$18,033
Round Rock Medical CenterRound Rock32$205,615$18,133
Chi St Joseph Health Regional HospitalBryan16$125,331$18,235
St David's South Austin Medical CenterAustin42$210,691$18,237
Covenant Medical CenterLubbock36$212,687$18,401
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round RockRound Rock14$70,589$18,438
Northwest Texas HospitalAmarillo17$180,595$18,565
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebster20$223,110$18,608
Midland Memorial HospitalMidland13$89,141$18,642
Methodist Mansfield Medical CenterMansfield12$77,941$18,655
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower MoundFlower Mound14$79,765$18,662
Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi15$86,349$18,926
Baptist Beaumont HospitalBeaumont16$115,780$18,965
HCA Houston Healthcare Medical CenterHouston27$330,482$18,965
Medical City DentonDenton23$254,012$19,136
Memorial Hermann Katy HospitalKaty17$116,812$19,272
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center at IrvingIrving20$59,525$19,367
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land HospitalSugar Land19$119,835$19,508
Rio Grande Regional HospitalMcAllen12$254,161$19,574
Christus Southeast Texas- St ElizabethBeaumont28$144,527$19,623
Christus Good Shepherd Medical CenterLongview25$152,644$19,674
Medical Center HospitalOdessa15$41,682$19,722
Christus St Michael Health SystemTexarkana17$100,568$19,772
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- WaxahachieWaxahachie25$61,313$19,858
North Austin Medical CenterAustin21$186,243$19,993
HCA Houston Healthcare ConroeConroe12$229,145$20,051
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center HillcrestWaco13$76,598$20,151
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth66$99,320$20,174
Ut of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas49$99,264$20,182
Texoma Medical CenterDenison12$198,331$20,360
Houston Methodist the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands25$138,979$20,419
United Regional Health Care SystemWichita Falls14$75,980$20,647
Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalHouston26$156,623$20,709
Hendrick Medical CenterAbilene50$189,197$20,796
Ascension Seton WilliamsonRound Rock12$178,057$20,841
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-BedfordBedford29$105,625$21,098
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DallasDallas48$92,311$21,116
Memorial Hermann Memorial City HospitalHouston27$101,597$21,959
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston63$112,377$22,002
Usmd Hospital at Arlington L PArlington12$79,331$22,209
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple50$77,078$22,328
Medical City Fort WorthFort Worth17$321,796$22,420
HCA Houston Healthcare KingwoodKingwood22$305,223$22,473
Texas Health Arlington Memorial HospitalArlington22$82,463$22,669
Baylor University Medical CenterDallas70$68,691$22,696
Baylor St Lukes Medical CenterHouston32$139,782$22,888
Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical CenterFort Worth15$85,671$23,816
Ascension Seton Medical Center AustinAustin37$152,335$24,072
Hill Country Memorial HospitalFredericksburg16$107,459$25,731
Medical City Dallas HospitalDallas12$260,507$26,243
University Medical CenterLubbock34$152,826$26,291
University of Texas Medical Branch GalvestonGalveston25$107,270$27,269
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical CenterHouston22$198,503$27,451
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston76$174,163$28,792
Medical City PlanoPlano18$347,410$36,767
University Health SystemSan Antonio26$136,938$41,305
Parkland Health & Hospital SystemDallas14$134,534$62,473

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.