US Health Care Costs

Digestive Malignancy with Mcc in Texas

MS-DRG 374: Digestive malignancy with mcc

$113,779typical hospital bill
$15,450typical amount paid
$12,795–$27,737range paid across 18 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $113,779 for this stay in 2024, about 7.4 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
Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land11$72,800$12,795
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio16$144,251$12,856
Houston Methodist the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands17$119,284$13,786
Medical City PlanoPlano15$147,850$14,025
Covenant Medical CenterLubbock11$157,427$14,240
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio39$116,572$14,257
St David's Medical CenterAustin16$142,676$14,508
St David's South Austin Medical CenterAustin13$186,474$14,742
Methodist Richardson Medical CenterRichardson11$82,047$14,848
Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalHouston12$136,380$16,052
Memorial Hermann Memorial City HospitalHouston12$63,334$16,771
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth17$73,718$17,135
Ascension Seton Medical Center AustinAustin13$110,985$17,876
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston19$72,117$19,569
Baylor University Medical CenterDallas22$73,704$20,473
Baylor St Lukes Medical CenterHouston13$101,189$20,526
Ut of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas28$80,231$22,661
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston34$181,648$27,737

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.