US Health Care Costs

Chest pain in Texas

MS-DRG 313: Chest pain

$45,888typical hospital bill
$6,774typical amount paid
$5,208–$11,411range paid across 44 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $45,888 for this stay in 2024, about 6.8 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 Antonio11$56,159$5,208
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center GrapevineGrapevine18$29,270$5,211
Houston Methodist the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands35$48,899$5,249
Woodland Heights Medical CenterLufkin15$43,511$5,306
Texoma Medical CenterDenison25$53,279$5,586
Hendrick Medical CenterAbilene68$54,005$5,806
St David's Medical CenterAustin20$47,187$5,819
Shannon Medical CenterSan Angelo17$31,447$5,825
Bsa HospitalAmarillo32$32,541$5,857
Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land25$49,393$5,994
United Regional Health Care SystemWichita Falls22$27,320$6,037
Chi St Joseph Health Regional HospitalBryan29$41,106$6,300
St Luke's the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands11$46,080$6,375
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth SouthFort Worth18$34,897$6,401
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth14$29,069$6,404
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio38$61,295$6,432
Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalHouston15$39,679$6,473
Hunt Regional Medical CenterGreenville23$21,869$6,560
Christus Santa Rosa Medical CenterSan Antonio23$33,224$6,600
St David's South Austin Medical CenterAustin16$48,421$6,620
Medical City DentonDenton15$69,318$6,681
Medical City Fort WorthFort Worth15$51,469$6,772
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio72$59,293$6,776
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebster36$62,510$6,873
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DallasDallas17$43,625$6,909
Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical CenterFort Worth17$25,854$6,993
Medical Center of McKinneyMcKinney21$64,264$7,093
HCA Houston Healthcare KingwoodKingwood58$75,763$7,120
Christus Southeast Texas- St ElizabethBeaumont19$31,104$7,132
Medical City WeatherfordWeatherford12$33,416$7,137
The Corpus Christi Medical CenterCorpus Christi12$70,489$7,235
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DentonDenton11$33,589$7,259
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston23$45,696$7,305
Vhs Harlingen Hospital Company LLCHarlingen19$75,558$7,506
HCA Houston Healthcare ConroeConroe31$72,646$7,526
Baptist Beaumont HospitalBeaumont13$38,144$7,635
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- WaxahachieWaxahachie13$32,422$7,701
Houston Methodist Baytown HospitalBaytown21$56,891$7,889
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple34$35,295$8,352
Medical City ArlingtonArlington26$74,532$8,387
South Texas Health SystemEdinburg11$93,620$8,430
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston13$41,489$8,648
University of Texas Medical Branch GalvestonGalveston11$19,268$9,808
Baylor St Lukes Medical CenterHouston18$72,310$11,411

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.