US Health Care Costs

Heart catheterization in Texas

MS-DRG 287: Circulatory disorders except ami, with cardiac catheterization without mcc

$69,336typical hospital bill
$9,334typical amount paid
$6,852–$14,996range paid across 64 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $69,336 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
Lubbock Heart Hospital LpLubbock15$44,192$6,852
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center GrapevineGrapevine34$49,280$7,237
Methodist Hospital Stone OakSan Antonio18$123,884$7,366
Houston Methodist the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands30$64,486$7,657
Woodland Heights Medical CenterLufkin12$92,445$7,661
Paris Regional Medical CenterParis31$48,915$7,887
Baylor Scott & White the Heart Hospital PlanoPlano53$54,779$8,099
Round Rock Medical CenterRound Rock27$100,077$8,178
Peterson Regional Medical CenterKerrville12$50,466$8,232
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round RockRound Rock32$57,417$8,271
Texoma Medical CenterDenison15$107,245$8,356
Citizens Medical CenterVictoria13$23,775$8,371
Christus St Michael Health SystemTexarkana16$63,155$8,386
Baylor Scott & White Heart & Vascular Hospital - DallasDallas50$47,712$8,426
Hendrick Medical CenterAbilene94$83,712$8,485
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler21$78,743$8,493
Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land33$64,022$8,528
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DallasDallas12$64,085$8,718
Hendrick Medical Center BrownwoodBrownwood18$75,288$8,794
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College StatiCollege Station11$55,005$8,809
Ascension ProvidenceWaco11$50,087$8,816
St David's Medical CenterAustin67$104,297$8,847
Hunt Regional Medical CenterGreenville17$30,302$8,894
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth SouthFort Worth11$70,642$8,901
Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional HospitalTyler30$78,873$9,018
Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalHouston22$55,698$9,031
United Regional Health Care SystemWichita Falls23$38,765$9,045
Sierra Medical CenterEl Paso16$145,786$9,062
Chi St Lukes Health Memorial LufkinLufkin26$84,164$9,145
St Luke's the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands13$74,932$9,170
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio36$149,405$9,321
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio147$114,428$9,326
Christus Santa Rosa Medical CenterSan Antonio24$57,405$9,343
Chi St Joseph Health Regional HospitalBryan19$67,189$9,351
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebster34$106,367$9,412
Medical City Dallas HospitalDallas12$157,791$9,634
St David's South Austin Medical CenterAustin27$89,727$9,684
Medical City WeatherfordWeatherford25$60,054$9,826
Christus Southeast Texas- St ElizabethBeaumont15$49,011$9,909
Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical CenterFort Worth20$56,817$9,963
Medical City DentonDenton24$136,438$10,170
Bsa HospitalAmarillo36$43,292$10,212
Medical City Fort WorthFort Worth30$143,467$10,286
Christus Good Shepherd Medical CenterLongview13$82,658$10,292
Baptist Beaumont HospitalBeaumont14$76,882$10,292
Covenant Medical CenterLubbock13$121,418$10,390
HCA Houston Healthcare KingwoodKingwood17$173,278$10,493
Houston Methodist Baytown HospitalBaytown23$68,030$10,495
HCA Houston Healthcare ConroeConroe22$132,361$10,497
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DentonDenton18$50,538$10,701
Memorial Hermann Memorial City HospitalHouston20$52,239$10,722
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston24$64,032$10,912
Vhs Harlingen Hospital Company LLCHarlingen13$128,751$11,144
Las Palmas Medical Center a Campus of Lpds HealthcEl Paso11$154,525$11,412
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple17$62,183$11,680
Ascension Seton Medical Center AustinAustin14$95,662$11,789
Baylor St Lukes Medical CenterHouston31$105,946$12,349
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston41$78,521$12,834
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth15$42,939$13,016
University of Texas Medical Branch GalvestonGalveston28$42,386$13,208
Ut of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas30$82,589$13,556
University Medical CenterLubbock14$58,812$13,920
Baylor University Medical CenterDallas14$56,496$14,289
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical CenterHouston26$72,144$14,996

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.