US Health Care Costs

Bowel surgery, with major complications in Texas

MS-DRG 329: Major small and large bowel procedures with mcc

$208,046typical hospital bill
$35,823typical amount paid
$28,091–$86,865range paid across 73 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $208,046 for this stay in 2024, about 5.8 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
Methodist Hospital Stone OakSan Antonio31$248,722$28,091
Christus Santa Rosa Medical CenterSan Antonio26$194,990$28,604
Medical City ArlingtonArlington14$397,903$28,938
St David's South Austin Medical CenterAustin23$365,739$28,969
Chi St Joseph Health Regional HospitalBryan15$200,313$29,566
Citizens Medical CenterVictoria14$89,412$29,872
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center GrapevineGrapevine19$119,897$29,959
Shannon Medical CenterSan Angelo22$108,876$30,163
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler35$244,166$30,265
Houston Methodist West HospitalHouston17$200,396$30,730
North Austin Medical CenterAustin26$261,069$30,858
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-BedfordBedford14$133,738$30,977
Methodist Richardson Medical CenterRichardson22$179,956$31,000
Texoma Medical CenterDenison17$287,315$31,007
Round Rock Medical CenterRound Rock18$294,759$31,111
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round RockRound Rock15$98,638$31,326
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower MoundFlower Mound18$163,047$31,370
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest FFort Worth11$150,038$31,385
Christus St Michael Health SystemTexarkana17$169,586$31,558
Houston Methodist the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands31$184,179$31,698
Medical City PlanoPlano28$382,600$31,819
Peterson Regional Medical CenterKerrville16$99,190$31,836
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center McKinneyMc Kinney12$104,168$31,998
Bsa HospitalAmarillo47$176,131$32,115
Covenant Medical CenterLubbock36$350,495$32,222
Medical Center HospitalOdessa15$102,500$32,470
Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi19$220,776$32,599
Northwest Texas HospitalAmarillo14$304,124$32,634
Christus Southeast Texas- St ElizabethBeaumont15$190,223$32,924
Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land24$217,668$32,942
Ascension ProvidenceWaco12$157,688$32,945
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio109$230,202$32,957
Christus Good Shepherd Medical CenterLongview11$223,313$33,380
Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional HospitalTyler23$300,482$34,577
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center PlanoPlano19$147,899$34,723
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land HospitalSugar Land15$131,091$34,806
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DallasDallas28$183,568$35,823
Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalHouston32$208,046$36,035
Medical City DentonDenton17$468,893$36,570
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston56$169,212$36,702
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth SouthFort Worth11$357,636$37,081
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio71$371,261$37,085
Ascension Seton Medical Center AustinAustin19$252,146$37,455
HCA Houston Healthcare Medical CenterHouston22$527,262$37,497
HCA Houston Healthcare KingwoodKingwood13$549,941$37,543
St Luke's the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands11$228,462$37,576
Las Palmas Medical Center a Campus of Lpds HealthcEl Paso20$606,827$38,111
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth43$179,876$38,240
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- WaxahachieWaxahachie13$114,722$38,553
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebster25$479,440$39,412
Memorial Hermann Northeast HospitalHumble13$205,101$41,141
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple37$171,705$41,412
South Texas Health SystemEdinburg11$535,266$42,235
University Medical CenterLubbock22$188,600$42,376
Medical City Dallas HospitalDallas16$602,321$42,674
United Regional Health Care SystemWichita Falls17$143,125$42,872
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital AllenAllen12$115,493$43,207
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College StatiCollege Station13$93,968$43,318
Memorial Hermann Memorial City HospitalHouston26$185,989$43,609
Baylor University Medical CenterDallas62$136,802$43,610
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston63$298,124$43,820
Ut of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas37$164,355$45,026
Baylor St Lukes Medical CenterHouston25$227,783$45,656
St David's Medical CenterAustin27$272,783$45,728
De Tar Hospital NavarroVictoria13$263,188$45,869
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DentonDenton13$215,643$46,042
University of Texas Medical Branch GalvestonGalveston25$170,790$49,662
Hendrick Medical CenterAbilene15$387,047$49,958
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical CenterHouston21$260,349$52,260
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital PlanoPlano19$181,990$52,480
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center at IrvingIrving16$211,308$54,541
Methodist Dallas Medical CenterDallas14$222,060$57,447
University Health SystemSan Antonio15$296,444$86,865

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.