US Health Care Costs

Digestive Malignancy with Cc in Texas

MS-DRG 375: Digestive malignancy with cc

$76,019typical hospital bill
$10,644typical amount paid
$8,735–$13,034range paid across 11 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $76,019 for this stay in 2024, about 7.1 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
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio11$136,040$8,735
St David's Medical CenterAustin12$82,174$8,871
St David's South Austin Medical CenterAustin17$101,942$9,372
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler16$88,564$9,412
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio44$75,993$9,680
Ut of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas18$47,841$10,644
Baptist Beaumont HospitalBeaumont13$76,019$11,580
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston11$59,795$11,710
Baylor University Medical CenterDallas15$44,084$12,419
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth13$60,858$12,555
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston16$88,048$13,034

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.