US Health Care Costs

Irregular heartbeat in Texas

MS-DRG 310: Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disorders without cc/mcc

$33,533typical hospital bill
$5,548typical amount paid
$3,702–$9,154range paid across 73 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $33,533 for this stay in 2024, about 6.0 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 & White Medical Center GrapevineGrapevine29$24,405$3,702
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round RockRound Rock20$25,482$4,046
Baylor Scott & White Heart & Vascular Hospital - DallasDallas23$12,460$4,163
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center McKinneyMc Kinney12$27,695$4,164
Woodland Heights Medical CenterLufkin13$40,576$4,172
Houston Methodist the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands24$35,367$4,223
Paris Regional Medical CenterParis22$19,612$4,397
Baylor Scott & White the Heart Hospital PlanoPlano54$17,983$4,398
Methodist Hospital Stone OakSan Antonio29$37,020$4,411
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital RockwallRockwall11$25,571$4,524
Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land14$39,142$4,623
Peterson Regional Medical CenterKerrville21$16,897$4,723
Shannon Medical CenterSan Angelo15$23,503$4,730
Hendrick Medical CenterAbilene59$37,955$4,769
Bsa HospitalAmarillo54$26,305$4,844
St David's Medical CenterAustin54$46,257$4,878
Citizens Medical CenterVictoria19$11,995$4,885
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College StatiCollege Station18$27,555$4,925
Round Rock Medical CenterRound Rock21$39,630$4,954
Christus St Michael Health SystemTexarkana14$36,090$4,992
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler19$50,656$5,007
Texoma Medical CenterDenison14$37,073$5,057
De Tar Hospital NavarroVictoria11$49,352$5,152
Medical City PlanoPlano19$51,845$5,182
Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalHouston20$37,080$5,209
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio139$43,436$5,225
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Lake PointeRowlett14$26,300$5,261
Ascension Seton WilliamsonRound Rock15$38,016$5,288
Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional HospitalTyler36$29,598$5,291
Christus Santa Rosa Medical CenterSan Antonio22$27,340$5,422
Chi St Joseph Health Regional HospitalBryan15$30,006$5,422
St Luke's the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands13$33,533$5,492
Medical City WeatherfordWeatherford18$42,550$5,492
Chi St Lukes Health Memorial LufkinLufkin14$27,176$5,510
United Regional Health Care SystemWichita Falls24$17,768$5,524
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio32$42,157$5,548
St David's South Austin Medical CenterAustin23$44,865$5,548
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DentonDenton19$25,855$5,552
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest FFort Worth15$25,650$5,584
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital PlanoPlano18$31,000$5,602
Medical Center of McKinneyMcKinney14$53,177$5,610
Medical City Fort WorthFort Worth23$64,826$5,661
North Austin Medical CenterAustin11$44,060$5,677
Christus Santa Rosa Hospital-San MarcosSan Marcos11$27,878$5,724
Ascension Seton HaysKyle12$31,298$5,751
Medical City DentonDenton25$73,052$5,766
Medical City Dallas HospitalDallas23$77,523$5,768
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebster22$50,985$5,777
Christus Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur SpringsSulphur Springs11$32,870$5,777
HCA Houston Healthcare KingwoodKingwood19$67,855$5,822
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth SouthFort Worth11$31,560$5,843
Houston Methodist West HospitalHouston17$30,544$5,853
Laredo Medical CenterLaredo12$39,283$6,188
The Corpus Christi Medical CenterCorpus Christi22$59,774$6,198
Christus Southeast Texas- St ElizabethBeaumont23$28,651$6,222
Baptist Beaumont HospitalBeaumont22$33,964$6,248
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DallasDallas22$32,005$6,252
Ascension Seton Medical Center AustinAustin19$39,198$6,275
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth27$23,701$6,294
Las Palmas Medical Center a Campus of Lpds HealthcEl Paso13$68,304$6,398
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston30$24,912$6,419
Medical Center HospitalOdessa18$18,650$6,463
Memorial Hermann Memorial City HospitalHouston11$26,419$6,558
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-BedfordBedford15$28,765$6,584
Northwest Texas HospitalAmarillo12$57,793$6,685
HCA Houston Healthcare ConroeConroe16$59,339$6,756
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple13$29,886$7,177
South Texas Health SystemEdinburg13$76,864$7,287
Ascension ProvidenceWaco18$40,252$7,299
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston28$32,586$7,901
University of Texas Medical Branch GalvestonGalveston21$15,741$7,943
Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi17$41,327$7,972
University Medical CenterLubbock15$34,051$9,154

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.