US Health Care Costs

Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents in Texas

MS-DRG 321: Percutaneous cardiovascular procedures with intraluminal device with mcc or 4+ arteries/

$169,086typical hospital bill
$23,799typical amount paid
$17,133–$71,393range paid across 86 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $169,086 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
Lubbock Heart Hospital LpLubbock19$99,423$17,133
Methodist Hospital Stone OakSan Antonio21$265,674$18,336
Longview Regional Medical CenterLongview25$315,936$20,026
Citizens Medical CenterVictoria22$101,265$20,152
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler40$198,770$20,169
St Luke's the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands11$167,577$20,354
Houston Methodist Clear Lake HospitalNassau Bay13$178,244$20,384
Shannon Medical CenterSan Angelo25$124,207$20,485
Peterson Regional Medical CenterKerrville20$143,815$20,625
Bsa HospitalAmarillo42$117,765$20,675
Houston Methodist the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands22$181,533$20,688
Texoma Medical CenterDenison26$231,323$20,889
Harlingen Medical CenterHarlingen11$192,847$20,935
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth SouthFort Worth15$141,999$20,975
Ascension Seton WilliamsonRound Rock15$308,890$21,079
Methodist Richardson Medical CenterRichardson28$128,705$21,162
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round RockRound Rock31$144,902$21,271
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio59$368,748$21,341
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DentonDenton12$119,465$21,422
De Tar Hospital NavarroVictoria11$302,724$21,466
Paris Regional Medical CenterParis20$190,572$21,677
Ascension Seton HaysKyle11$388,393$21,711
Chi St Joseph Health Regional HospitalBryan12$116,201$21,854
Odessa Regional Medical CenterOdessa11$145,822$22,017
Hendrick Medical CenterAbilene46$277,780$22,094
Christus Santa Rosa Medical CenterSan Antonio60$134,972$22,134
Medical City LewisvilleLewisville13$343,553$22,170
Baylor Scott & White Heart & Vascular Hospital - DallasDallas37$128,649$22,201
Covenant Medical CenterLubbock29$250,217$22,213
Midland Memorial HospitalMidland13$145,272$22,272
Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional HospitalTyler52$174,591$22,335
Christus St Michael Health SystemTexarkana23$148,565$22,422
Christus Southeast Texas- St ElizabethBeaumont26$146,741$22,571
Memorial Hermann Memorial City HospitalHouston13$99,779$22,653
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio123$254,731$22,666
Chi St Lukes Health Memorial LufkinLufkin14$204,039$22,763
Medical City DentonDenton21$322,130$22,824
Christus Good Shepherd Medical CenterLongview18$164,416$23,041
Medical Center HospitalOdessa23$100,623$23,382
The Corpus Christi Medical CenterCorpus Christi17$248,581$23,580
Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land26$155,605$23,687
Houston Methodist Baytown HospitalBaytown21$216,251$23,724
St David's South Austin Medical CenterAustin24$228,017$23,787
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth41$131,064$23,812
Baptist Beaumont HospitalBeaumont15$236,443$23,817
Houston Methodist West HospitalHouston19$170,154$23,938
United Regional Health Care SystemWichita Falls14$102,900$23,967
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DallasDallas25$130,935$24,275
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land HospitalSugar Land13$113,970$24,416
Baylor Scott & White the Heart Hospital PlanoPlano55$139,883$24,420
HCA Houston Healthcare TomballTomball20$324,101$24,437
St David's Medical CenterAustin34$299,030$24,548
Northwest Texas HospitalAmarillo23$196,137$24,593
Medical City Dallas HospitalDallas12$346,593$24,705
Methodist Mansfield Medical CenterMansfield22$167,284$24,874
Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalHouston38$184,802$25,012
Round Rock Medical CenterRound Rock21$268,130$25,049
Ascension ProvidenceWaco24$147,857$25,246
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital PlanoPlano12$134,684$25,279
Medical City WeatherfordWeatherford17$256,333$25,321
HCA Houston Healthcare KingwoodKingwood24$389,879$25,605
Dallas Regional Medical CenterMesquite19$168,018$26,125
Baylor St Lukes Medical CenterHouston24$160,704$26,140
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston60$114,610$26,213
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-BedfordBedford12$194,017$26,384
Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical CenterFort Worth23$140,217$26,526
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebster26$304,002$26,921
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple19$150,806$26,923
Memorial Hermann Katy HospitalKaty12$99,764$27,094
Medical City PlanoPlano15$300,125$27,176
HCA Houston Healthcare SoutheastPasadena12$328,521$27,363
Medical City AllianceFort Worth12$293,930$27,444
Medical City ArlingtonArlington21$379,385$27,949
Hendrick Medical Center BrownwoodBrownwood12$199,681$28,428
Medical City Fort WorthFort Worth21$433,578$28,615
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College StatiCollege Station16$120,553$28,653
University Medical CenterLubbock13$142,528$28,778
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston48$212,282$28,854
Ut of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas24$135,009$29,525
HCA Houston Healthcare ConroeConroe21$366,417$29,627
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical CenterHouston39$125,799$30,139
University of Texas Medical Branch GalvestonGalveston31$137,375$33,136
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center HillcrestWaco23$150,943$33,320
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center GrapevineGrapevine21$135,422$36,977
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Lake PointeRowlett13$121,243$37,179
Parkland Health & Hospital SystemDallas11$262,156$71,393

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.