US Health Care Costs

Fainting in Texas

MS-DRG 312: Syncope and collapse

$47,422typical hospital bill
$7,622typical amount paid
$5,530–$21,705range paid across 103 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $47,422 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
Resolute Health HospitalNew Braunfels12$67,390$5,530
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center SunnyvaleSunnyvale12$32,829$5,700
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center GrapevineGrapevine45$37,849$5,737
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center PlanoPlano30$29,206$5,785
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital RockwallRockwall12$37,087$5,788
Houston Methodist Clear Lake HospitalNassau Bay17$48,528$6,080
Methodist Hospital Stone OakSan Antonio53$61,110$6,225
Woodland Heights Medical CenterLufkin17$54,708$6,247
Houston Methodist the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands61$48,257$6,277
Nacogdoches Medical CenterNacogdoches11$83,503$6,319
Paris Regional Medical CenterParis24$26,471$6,425
Longview Regional Medical CenterLongview18$52,765$6,482
Sierra Medical CenterEl Paso15$92,026$6,507
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round RockRound Rock30$42,057$6,572
St David's Medical CenterAustin37$43,447$6,714
Shannon Medical CenterSan Angelo45$37,198$6,780
Round Rock Medical CenterRound Rock25$65,681$6,789
De Tar Hospital NavarroVictoria15$97,450$6,870
Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land48$46,224$6,875
Citizens Medical CenterVictoria26$17,163$6,915
Hendrick Medical CenterAbilene99$65,725$6,951
Texoma Medical CenterDenison73$77,186$6,951
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler32$76,734$6,975
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - CentennialFrisco16$37,829$7,093
Chi St Lukes Health Memorial LufkinLufkin16$47,280$7,103
Hunt Regional Medical CenterGreenville18$32,054$7,175
Bsa HospitalAmarillo70$42,466$7,225
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Lake PointeRowlett26$36,535$7,316
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center McKinneyMc Kinney32$42,242$7,322
Christus St Michael Health SystemTexarkana23$48,688$7,326
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio173$68,229$7,356
Ascension Seton WilliamsonRound Rock27$59,611$7,366
Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalHouston36$46,643$7,384
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth SouthFort Worth28$40,364$7,390
St David's South Austin Medical CenterAustin50$60,534$7,409
Ascension ProvidenceWaco19$21,099$7,459
United Regional Health Care SystemWichita Falls88$32,103$7,465
Medical City DentonDenton37$92,545$7,466
Medical City PlanoPlano44$91,036$7,479
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital AllianceFort Worth11$43,892$7,483
Houston Methodist West HospitalHouston22$33,095$7,484
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio58$83,499$7,484
Medical Center of McKinneyMcKinney53$83,280$7,507
St Luke's the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands26$52,298$7,521
Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional HospitalTyler36$59,461$7,522
Chi St Joseph Health Regional HospitalBryan35$47,690$7,525
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-BedfordBedford15$45,716$7,550
Christus Santa Rosa Medical CenterSan Antonio28$33,955$7,560
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest FFort Worth30$46,979$7,564
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College StatiCollege Station16$38,407$7,574
Covenant Medical CenterLubbock35$91,941$7,593
North Austin Medical CenterAustin22$52,316$7,622
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- WaxahachieWaxahachie27$32,544$7,664
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center HillcrestWaco20$32,320$7,733
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebster57$77,089$7,756
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DentonDenton34$37,407$7,787
Ascension Seton HaysKyle14$53,999$7,792
St Luke's Hospital at the VintageHouston11$55,768$7,850
Methodist Charlton Medical CenterDallas14$45,993$7,936
Medical City Dallas HospitalDallas45$76,325$7,971
Baylor Scott & White the Heart Hospital PlanoPlano12$34,619$7,975
Vhs Harlingen Hospital Company LLCHarlingen14$117,693$8,035
Medical City Fort WorthFort Worth32$58,976$8,048
HCA Houston Healthcare KingwoodKingwood96$114,639$8,092
Medical City WeatherfordWeatherford26$66,319$8,120
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital PlanoPlano21$45,684$8,133
Dallas Regional Medical CenterMesquite17$50,880$8,147
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth78$42,836$8,216
Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical CenterFort Worth47$33,459$8,290
The Corpus Christi Medical CenterCorpus Christi26$104,400$8,313
Christus Southeast Texas- St ElizabethBeaumont36$40,394$8,350
Medical City North HillsNorth Richland Hills17$72,753$8,351
Medical City LewisvilleLewisville16$85,553$8,368
Laredo Medical CenterLaredo14$74,281$8,395
Ut of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas43$35,352$8,404
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DallasDallas36$45,768$8,441
Ascension Seton Medical Center AustinAustin13$33,459$8,476
Christus Good Shepherd Medical CenterLongview44$37,142$8,506
HCA Houston Healthcare TomballTomball15$86,832$8,551
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land HospitalSugar Land17$40,590$8,595
Texas Health Arlington Memorial HospitalArlington28$34,859$8,659
Medical Center HospitalOdessa17$40,981$8,690
Baptist Beaumont HospitalBeaumont32$51,663$8,733
HCA Houston Healthcare ConroeConroe28$109,872$8,837
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center at IrvingIrving18$36,068$8,913
Houston Methodist Baytown HospitalBaytown25$46,331$8,916
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple61$40,009$9,063
Northwest Texas HospitalAmarillo19$83,738$9,130
Rio Grande Regional HospitalMcAllen11$91,877$9,210
Baylor St Lukes Medical CenterHouston29$70,674$9,334
Methodist Mansfield Medical CenterMansfield13$78,360$9,421
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston51$47,422$9,465
South Texas Health SystemEdinburg13$116,510$9,536
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston50$58,500$9,824
Medical City ArlingtonArlington32$92,913$9,844
Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi23$43,196$10,404
Baylor University Medical CenterDallas49$40,759$10,661
University Medical CenterLubbock15$37,129$11,254
University of Texas Medical Branch GalvestonGalveston25$27,313$11,455
HCA Houston Healthcare NorthwestHouston12$123,668$11,776
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical CenterHouston19$51,591$12,604
University Medical Center of El PasoEl Paso14$32,415$21,443
University Health SystemSan Antonio39$43,767$21,705

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.