US Health Care Costs

Heart attack, with complications in Texas

MS-DRG 281: Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with cc

$54,661typical hospital bill
$8,173typical amount paid
$5,744–$24,005range paid across 84 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $54,661 for this stay in 2024, about 6.7 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 Braunfels18$91,842$5,744
Baylor Scott & White the Heart Hospital PlanoPlano23$45,033$6,346
Houston Methodist Clear Lake HospitalNassau Bay13$62,743$6,405
Methodist Hospital Stone OakSan Antonio18$97,349$6,416
Nacogdoches Medical CenterNacogdoches14$103,639$6,484
Baylor Scott & White Heart & Vascular Hospital - DallasDallas11$37,088$6,495
Paris Regional Medical CenterParis42$38,171$6,778
Houston Methodist the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands36$52,688$6,925
St David's Medical CenterAustin23$76,849$7,013
Christus St Michael Health SystemTexarkana22$53,161$7,017
Peterson Regional Medical CenterKerrville29$41,315$7,019
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round RockRound Rock31$50,121$7,069
Bsa HospitalAmarillo32$44,589$7,074
Shannon Medical CenterSan Angelo14$39,915$7,108
Hunt Regional Medical CenterGreenville18$27,034$7,128
Hendrick Medical CenterAbilene28$71,105$7,165
Citizens Medical CenterVictoria13$22,345$7,247
Round Rock Medical CenterRound Rock17$101,495$7,293
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler27$62,354$7,296
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College StatiCollege Station13$42,946$7,359
Texoma Medical CenterDenison47$80,973$7,374
De Tar Hospital NavarroVictoria17$116,996$7,445
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital PlanoPlano11$41,126$7,491
Ascension ProvidenceWaco29$44,214$7,508
Chi St Joseph Health Regional HospitalBryan22$50,450$7,534
Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land22$57,307$7,549
Medical Center of McKinneyMcKinney12$91,719$7,564
Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalHouston25$67,739$7,623
The Medical Center of Southeast TexasPort Arthur11$44,831$7,623
United Regional Health Care SystemWichita Falls36$29,773$7,682
Ut Health East Texas Athens HospitalAthens21$44,316$7,701
Chi St Lukes Health Memorial LufkinLufkin24$54,608$7,724
Medical City PlanoPlano21$101,618$7,730
Titus Regional Medical CenterMount Pleasant13$26,249$7,749
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio60$112,365$7,851
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth42$42,623$7,878
Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional HospitalTyler55$59,405$7,883
Christus Santa Rosa Medical CenterSan Antonio42$47,383$7,926
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio77$88,243$7,971
AdventHealth Central TexasKilleen19$39,765$8,021
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DentonDenton13$43,742$8,065
Methodist Richardson Medical CenterRichardson12$50,818$8,148
Ut of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas21$41,127$8,198
Christus Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur SpringsSulphur Springs21$68,469$8,230
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DallasDallas24$41,299$8,287
Medical City Dallas HospitalDallas14$72,357$8,291
St David's South Austin Medical CenterAustin14$87,695$8,393
Vhs Harlingen Hospital Company LLCHarlingen14$104,711$8,416
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center HillcrestWaco18$44,827$8,419
Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical CenterFort Worth16$38,164$8,436
Ascension Seton WilliamsonRound Rock19$75,526$8,478
The Corpus Christi Medical CenterCorpus Christi27$109,343$8,480
Midland Memorial HospitalMidland12$63,774$8,529
Christus Southeast Texas- St ElizabethBeaumont25$38,888$8,566
Doctors Hosptal at RenaissanceEdinburg12$36,786$8,578
Medical City Fort WorthFort Worth21$88,147$8,583
Chi St Luke's Health BrazosportLake Jackson11$52,803$8,585
Ascension Seton HaysKyle12$90,235$8,588
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebster14$103,842$8,590
Memorial Hermann Katy HospitalKaty19$46,870$8,610
Medical City DentonDenton24$138,967$8,696
HCA Houston Healthcare KingwoodKingwood38$134,678$8,849
Hendrick Medical Center BrownwoodBrownwood12$50,852$8,936
Covenant Medical CenterLubbock18$91,366$8,942
Christus Good Shepherd Medical CenterLongview16$57,885$9,060
Laredo Medical CenterLaredo11$79,595$9,115
Houston Methodist Baytown HospitalBaytown14$57,876$9,147
HCA Houston Healthcare ConroeConroe14$125,094$9,168
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston17$57,145$9,344
Medical City WeatherfordWeatherford19$76,888$9,354
Northwest Texas HospitalAmarillo15$68,621$9,429
Medical Center HospitalOdessa22$30,368$9,433
Ascension Seton Medical Center AustinAustin15$53,339$9,657
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston46$54,532$9,794
Memorial Hermann Northeast HospitalHumble14$48,801$9,899
South Texas Health SystemEdinburg20$118,405$9,984
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple20$54,714$10,057
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest FFort Worth21$47,794$10,157
Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi30$51,532$10,751
Las Palmas Medical Center a Campus of Lpds HealthcEl Paso14$114,577$11,841
University of Texas Medical Branch GalvestonGalveston40$38,219$12,158
University Medical CenterLubbock20$49,748$12,608
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical CenterHouston13$57,312$12,903
University Health SystemSan Antonio12$62,216$24,005

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.