US Health Care Costs

Hip or knee replacement in Texas

MS-DRG 470: Major hip and knee joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity without mcc

$88,649typical hospital bill
$14,495typical amount paid
$11,963–$28,493range paid across 77 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $88,649 for this stay in 2024, about 6.1 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
The Physicians CentreBryan117$38,018$11,963
Baylor Scott & White Texas Spine & Joint HospitalTyler157$57,953$12,040
Quail Creek Surgical HospitalAmarillo47$60,655$12,046
Baylor Scott and White Surgical Hospital FortworthFort Worth13$54,050$12,352
Memorial Hermann Surgical Hospital KingwoodKingwood34$37,846$12,430
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center GrapevineGrapevine14$64,270$12,453
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center UptownDallas15$47,897$12,463
North Central Surgical Center LlpDallas199$41,423$12,485
Baylor Medical Center at Trophy ClubTrophy Club24$48,489$12,495
Methodist Hospital Stone OakSan Antonio43$163,145$12,913
Texas Orthopedic HospitalHouston43$221,817$12,920
Carrollton Regional Medical CenterCarrollton11$58,273$13,064
Memorial Hermann Houston Physicians HospitalWebster153$81,400$13,132
South Texas Spine and Surgical HospitalSan Antonio187$59,158$13,256
Longview Regional Medical CenterLongview13$198,642$13,338
Methodist McKinney HospitalMcKinney52$51,693$13,367
Bsa HospitalAmarillo19$85,189$13,483
Sierra Medical CenterEl Paso33$211,937$13,512
Houston Methodist the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands30$152,150$13,547
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - FriscoFrisco30$67,551$13,671
Christus St Michael Health SystemTexarkana55$106,269$13,698
Harlingen Medical CenterHarlingen22$100,831$13,739
Baylor Surgical Hospital at Las ColinasIrving37$49,888$13,809
Nacogdoches Medical CenterNacogdoches29$168,043$13,887
Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land26$167,382$13,983
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round RockRound Rock23$67,894$13,989
Guadalupe Regional Medical CenterSeguin19$36,775$14,042
Paris Regional Medical CenterParis77$85,442$14,121
Texas Institute for Surgery at Presbyterian HospitDallas40$53,871$14,152
Shannon Medical CenterSan Angelo11$51,933$14,162
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital PlanoPlano24$87,496$14,167
Hendrick Medical Center BrownwoodBrownwood34$134,465$14,177
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Marble FallsMarble Falls14$63,298$14,190
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center McKinneyMc Kinney18$58,112$14,274
Methodist Mansfield Medical CenterMansfield20$44,969$14,281
Chi St Lukes Health Memorial LufkinLufkin11$129,002$14,285
Round Rock Medical CenterRound Rock14$344,847$14,416
Ascension Seton WilliamsonRound Rock16$216,831$14,421
Baylor Scott and White Orthopedic and Spine HospiArlington409$60,892$14,495
North Austin Medical CenterAustin17$200,255$14,521
Ascension Seton Cedar ParkCedar Park36$134,786$14,585
Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional HospitalTyler152$92,796$14,617
Hunt Regional Medical CenterGreenville24$50,511$14,666
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio162$146,742$14,724
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio79$200,997$14,934
Houston Methodist West HospitalHouston27$159,247$14,946
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Lake PointeRowlett19$58,586$15,161
Ut of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas30$73,717$15,247
Medical City DentonDenton15$291,745$15,254
Tops Surgical Specialty HospitalHouston43$65,492$15,332
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DallasDallas52$71,246$15,608
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College StatiCollege Station19$68,526$15,642
Chi St Joseph Health Regional HospitalBryan22$114,577$15,724
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center HillcrestWaco35$59,885$16,032
HCA Houston Healthcare KingwoodKingwood12$237,931$16,188
Ascension ProvidenceWaco20$88,649$16,282
Hendrick Medical CenterAbilene105$188,167$16,290
North Texas Medical CenterGainesville13$67,293$16,472
Knapp Medical CenterWeslaco14$143,494$16,568
Medical Center of McKinneyMcKinney78$314,538$16,842
Medical City PlanoPlano67$341,612$16,916
Ascension Seton Medical Center AustinAustin77$207,284$17,047
Medical City Dallas HospitalDallas21$291,873$17,107
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebster27$154,297$17,144
St David's Medical CenterAustin43$205,599$17,416
Las Palmas Medical Center a Campus of Lpds HealthcEl Paso12$280,169$17,530
Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi11$114,965$17,608
Doctors Hosptal at RenaissanceEdinburg18$64,206$17,945
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston80$141,208$18,080
Medical City Fort WorthFort Worth31$297,192$18,832
Baylor University Medical CenterDallas46$68,363$19,039
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple39$58,817$19,891
Memorial Hermann Memorial City HospitalHouston12$75,559$20,932
Medical City WeatherfordWeatherford16$234,282$21,069
HCA Houston Healthcare SoutheastPasadena19$257,577$22,894
HCA Houston Healthcare NorthwestHouston11$272,607$26,865
Dell Seton Med Center at the University of TxAustin21$238,932$28,493

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.