US Health Care Costs

Heart attack, with major complications in Texas

MS-DRG 280: Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with mcc

$75,236typical hospital bill
$12,823typical amount paid
$9,467–$44,034range paid across 141 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $75,236 for this stay in 2024, about 5.9 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
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center SunnyvaleSunnyvale13$53,700$9,467
Resolute Health HospitalNew Braunfels55$101,059$9,741
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital RockwallRockwall28$40,090$10,094
Ascension Seton Cedar ParkCedar Park14$64,185$10,151
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center PlanoPlano11$52,470$10,270
Woodland Heights Medical CenterLufkin27$103,131$10,515
Texas Health Hospital FriscoFrisco16$46,300$10,672
Nacogdoches Medical CenterNacogdoches27$118,857$10,686
Longview Regional Medical CenterLongview26$135,899$10,734
Guadalupe Regional Medical CenterSeguin15$34,994$10,738
De Tar Hospital NavarroVictoria28$136,839$10,747
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center McKinneyMc Kinney25$60,905$10,754
Houston Methodist Clear Lake HospitalNassau Bay38$101,414$10,956
Methodist Hospital Stone OakSan Antonio33$165,554$10,966
Carrollton Regional Medical CenterCarrollton11$49,257$11,129
Houston Methodist the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands187$75,236$11,194
Sierra Medical CenterEl Paso14$176,888$11,295
Wilson N Jones Regional Medical CenterSherman26$46,874$11,321
Chi St Lukes Health Memorial LufkinLufkin38$69,625$11,350
Shannon Medical CenterSan Angelo23$58,898$11,358
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital AllianceFort Worth17$45,423$11,379
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- WaxahachieWaxahachie14$47,873$11,389
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center GrapevineGrapevine13$58,677$11,456
Citizens Medical CenterVictoria27$33,383$11,460
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler53$109,439$11,491
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest FFort Worth18$52,845$11,511
Christus St Michael Health SystemTexarkana102$74,942$11,519
St David's Medical CenterAustin83$89,294$11,538
Methodist Mansfield Medical CenterMansfield25$71,482$11,563
Texoma Medical CenterDenison172$109,063$11,581
Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land101$78,645$11,638
Paris Regional Medical CenterParis111$43,928$11,661
Bsa HospitalAmarillo52$57,126$11,661
Baylor Scott & White the Heart Hospital PlanoPlano51$56,281$11,663
Peterson Regional Medical CenterKerrville18$55,846$11,718
Harlingen Medical CenterHarlingen15$53,773$11,788
Hendrick Medical Center BrownwoodBrownwood22$63,202$11,792
Medical Center of McKinneyMcKinney32$160,177$11,816
St Luke's the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands14$99,297$11,863
AdventHealth Central TexasKilleen32$45,607$11,935
Hunt Regional Medical CenterGreenville21$34,804$11,963
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio194$129,708$11,973
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio239$132,822$12,025
Round Rock Medical CenterRound Rock43$122,897$12,055
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round RockRound Rock47$73,583$12,069
Ut Health East Texas Athens HospitalAthens43$80,782$12,069
Mission Regional Medical CenterMission18$66,194$12,150
Odessa Regional Medical CenterOdessa39$72,986$12,205
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - CentennialFrisco21$61,307$12,339
Ascension ProvidenceWaco99$42,658$12,352
St David's South Austin Medical CenterAustin37$115,911$12,378
Christus Santa Rosa Hospital-San MarcosSan Marcos13$81,217$12,412
Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalHouston124$76,812$12,416
The Hospitals of Providence - East CampusEl Paso26$166,751$12,420
Houston Methodist West HospitalHouston51$63,666$12,437
Christus Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur SpringsSulphur Springs36$93,689$12,441
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land HospitalSugar Land29$74,467$12,468
Chi St Joseph Health Regional HospitalBryan87$72,304$12,469
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DentonDenton46$59,408$12,474
Seton Medical Center Harker HeightsHarker Heights23$44,580$12,478
Christus Santa Rosa Medical CenterSan Antonio189$61,651$12,496
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center HillcrestWaco28$53,667$12,507
Valley Regional Medical CenterBrownsville30$145,273$12,515
Ascension Seton WilliamsonRound Rock57$113,451$12,533
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College StatiCollege Station18$56,768$12,605
Hendrick Medical CenterAbilene46$104,613$12,658
The Corpus Christi Medical CenterCorpus Christi46$148,257$12,698
Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional HospitalTyler132$89,558$12,699
Covenant Medical CenterLubbock86$137,760$12,707
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth93$63,933$12,803
Memorial Hermann Katy HospitalKaty41$59,743$12,823
Doctors Hospital of LaredoLaredo15$135,658$12,925
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth SouthFort Worth33$62,641$12,960
Nacogdoches Memorial HospitalNacogdoches13$82,042$12,994
HCA Houston Healthcare PearlandPearland32$133,460$12,999
Medical City DentonDenton65$160,370$13,003
Ascension Seton HaysKyle37$114,130$13,004
St Luke's Hospital at the VintageHouston39$88,358$13,008
Chi St Luke's Health BrazosportLake Jackson27$65,589$13,041
Medical City PlanoPlano37$152,650$13,045
Vhs Harlingen Hospital Company LLCHarlingen33$170,055$13,135
Valley Baptist Medical Center- BrownsvilleBrownsville19$146,418$13,164
The Hospitals of Providence Transmountain CampusEl Paso25$157,121$13,166
Medical City LewisvilleLewisville19$162,544$13,168
Dallas Regional Medical CenterMesquite14$61,545$13,208
North Austin Medical CenterAustin33$99,518$13,242
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-BedfordBedford24$55,414$13,271
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebster58$155,138$13,277
Christus Southeast Texas- St ElizabethBeaumont47$66,093$13,320
Baptist Beaumont HospitalBeaumont21$94,967$13,345
Christus Good Shepherd Medical CenterLongview38$72,263$13,415
Ut of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas46$63,090$13,476
Laredo Medical CenterLaredo22$123,751$13,531
Methodist Richardson Medical CenterRichardson24$94,608$13,613
HCA Houston Healthcare TomballTomball37$125,859$13,613
Knapp Medical CenterWeslaco13$58,052$13,644
United Regional Health Care SystemWichita Falls84$40,368$13,691
Medical City Dallas HospitalDallas73$176,992$13,769
Methodist Charlton Medical CenterDallas34$81,818$13,877
HCA Houston Healthcare KingwoodKingwood98$177,675$13,893
Memorial Hermann Memorial City HospitalHouston64$55,500$13,909
HCA Houston Healthcare ConroeConroe34$156,740$13,938
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center at IrvingIrving41$50,396$13,999
Northwest Texas HospitalAmarillo55$118,051$13,999
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital PlanoPlano21$58,519$14,067
Las Palmas Medical Center a Campus of Lpds HealthcEl Paso65$174,715$14,097
Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical CenterFort Worth16$42,452$14,132
Medical Center HospitalOdessa87$49,082$14,157
Medical City WeatherfordWeatherford43$107,056$14,217
Memorial Hermann Northeast HospitalHumble77$65,478$14,230
Medical City North HillsNorth Richland Hills23$121,142$14,325
South Texas Health SystemEdinburg74$165,279$14,350
Medical City Fort WorthFort Worth32$146,153$14,358
Ascension Seton Medical Center AustinAustin55$112,362$14,377
Houston Methodist Baytown HospitalBaytown87$97,780$14,549
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple35$47,996$14,684
Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi59$77,999$14,705
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston221$65,220$14,735
Baylor University Medical CenterDallas21$61,615$14,858
Baylor Scott & White Heart & Vascular Hospital - DallasDallas12$54,904$14,975
Matagorda Regional Medical CenterBay City36$20,100$15,030
Christus Spohn Hospital AliceAlice15$56,769$15,370
Doctors Hosptal at RenaissanceEdinburg39$73,604$15,563
Midland Memorial HospitalMidland19$74,878$15,956
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DallasDallas61$63,145$16,176
HCA Houston Healthcare WestHouston18$139,604$16,263
HCA Houston Healthcare NorthwestHouston49$152,718$16,690
HCA Houston Healthcare SoutheastPasadena33$137,641$16,886
Baylor St Lukes Medical CenterHouston56$118,585$17,112
Medical City ArlingtonArlington50$168,782$17,543
Methodist Dallas Medical CenterDallas20$65,825$17,592
Medical City AllianceFort Worth16$157,267$17,614
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical CenterHouston43$75,557$17,852
University Medical CenterLubbock26$69,960$18,086
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston67$140,065$18,500
University of Texas Medical Branch GalvestonGalveston124$54,080$19,773
Rio Grande Regional HospitalMcAllen14$187,524$23,541
Dell Seton Med Center at the University of TxAustin13$127,672$25,899
University Medical Center of El PasoEl Paso11$51,755$29,910
University Health SystemSan Antonio33$76,193$29,919
Jps Health NetworkFort Worth33$54,685$44,034

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.