US Health Care Costs

Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with major complications in Texas

MS-DRG 480: Hip and femur procedures except major joint with mcc

$149,464typical hospital bill
$21,961typical amount paid
$18,409–$57,834range paid across 62 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $149,464 for this stay in 2024, about 6.8 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
Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional HospitalTyler14$168,448$18,409
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center GrapevineGrapevine14$134,760$18,698
Christus St Michael Health SystemTexarkana20$126,951$18,729
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio28$226,863$18,989
Ascension Seton WilliamsonRound Rock18$192,432$19,190
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler34$203,942$19,513
Longview Regional Medical CenterLongview20$196,064$19,579
Christus Santa Rosa Medical CenterSan Antonio22$126,053$20,092
Methodist Richardson Medical CenterRichardson13$90,618$20,116
Shannon Medical CenterSan Angelo19$93,827$20,174
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round RockRound Rock20$89,050$20,196
Round Rock Medical CenterRound Rock21$282,240$20,204
Midland Memorial HospitalMidland18$70,541$20,264
Medical Center of McKinneyMcKinney11$330,542$20,308
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College StatiCollege Station13$97,020$20,374
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital PlanoPlano20$122,989$20,588
Bsa HospitalAmarillo31$118,524$20,616
Ascension Seton HaysKyle18$192,906$20,635
Christus Good Shepherd Medical CenterLongview16$122,763$20,655
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-BedfordBedford14$95,469$20,783
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio43$180,212$20,786
Methodist Charlton Medical CenterDallas11$103,554$20,854
Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalHouston25$157,896$20,900
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth SouthFort Worth17$138,431$20,966
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebster15$311,996$21,293
Covenant Medical CenterLubbock34$251,148$21,475
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land HospitalSugar Land13$104,516$21,507
St David's South Austin Medical CenterAustin21$321,998$21,685
Lake Granbury Medical CenterGranbury16$236,866$21,704
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center McKinneyMc Kinney22$106,384$21,811
Chi St Joseph Health Regional HospitalBryan13$151,853$21,846
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- WaxahachieWaxahachie11$68,145$22,076
Medical City DentonDenton28$337,647$22,093
Memorial Hermann Katy HospitalKaty29$108,496$22,096
Christus Southeast Texas- St ElizabethBeaumont12$159,253$22,309
Baptist Beaumont HospitalBeaumont12$111,322$22,505
Hendrick Medical CenterAbilene22$175,454$22,690
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center HillcrestWaco24$82,863$22,754
Medical City PlanoPlano29$365,636$22,791
Medical City ArlingtonArlington20$489,045$22,819
Medical Center HospitalOdessa19$84,389$23,044
Texoma Medical CenterDenison22$190,622$23,051
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston72$102,891$23,264
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DallasDallas28$89,941$23,303
Northwest Texas HospitalAmarillo23$247,757$23,372
Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi18$185,194$23,885
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth41$107,284$24,206
HCA Houston Healthcare KingwoodKingwood24$407,630$24,397
United Regional Health Care SystemWichita Falls22$69,758$24,550
Methodist Dallas Medical CenterDallas12$118,699$24,716
Medical City WeatherfordWeatherford16$246,582$24,731
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple26$95,092$25,215
Baylor University Medical CenterDallas25$96,836$27,009
University Medical CenterLubbock18$147,075$28,655
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston20$206,277$29,145
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical CenterHouston77$176,032$30,522
University of Texas Medical Branch GalvestonGalveston31$109,093$32,643
Las Palmas Medical Center a Campus of Lpds HealthcEl Paso13$308,715$33,889
Dell Seton Med Center at the University of TxAustin12$188,816$36,510
Ut of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas21$181,426$39,129
University Health SystemSan Antonio30$130,874$43,682
Jps Health NetworkFort Worth13$172,471$57,834

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.