US Health Care Costs

Complicated Peptic Ulcer with Mcc in Texas

MS-DRG 380: Complicated peptic ulcer with mcc

$92,003typical hospital bill
$14,877typical amount paid
$13,641–$17,921range paid across 6 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $92,003 for this stay in 2024, about 6.2 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
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler15$100,131$13,641
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio11$200,730$14,111
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio18$83,875$14,197
Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalHouston11$70,620$15,557
Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land11$185,731$16,288
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston18$71,450$17,921

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.