US Health Care Costs

Irregular heartbeat, with major complications in Texas

MS-DRG 308: Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disorders with mcc

$61,419typical hospital bill
$10,174typical amount paid
$7,699–$22,000range paid across 106 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $61,419 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
Resolute Health HospitalNew Braunfels12$104,410$7,699
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center SunnyvaleSunnyvale13$49,213$7,919
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center GrapevineGrapevine36$54,749$7,949
Ascension Seton Cedar ParkCedar Park12$63,466$8,233
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower MoundFlower Mound12$59,415$8,312
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center McKinneyMc Kinney38$51,504$8,394
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center PlanoPlano13$66,939$8,471
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Marble FallsMarble Falls12$52,174$8,546
Sierra Medical CenterEl Paso15$100,020$8,566
Houston Methodist the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands30$69,403$8,640
Methodist Hospital Stone OakSan Antonio20$57,177$8,686
Paris Regional Medical CenterParis27$41,621$8,758
Longview Regional Medical CenterLongview20$62,098$8,783
Peterson Regional Medical CenterKerrville22$29,130$8,888
Guadalupe Regional Medical CenterSeguin13$35,664$8,936
Harlingen Medical CenterHarlingen14$32,383$9,046
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler67$79,176$9,067
Citizens Medical CenterVictoria25$27,080$9,152
St David's Medical CenterAustin35$85,844$9,166
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round RockRound Rock28$48,144$9,247
Christus St Michael Health SystemTexarkana35$62,663$9,252
Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land50$62,952$9,263
Hunt Regional Medical CenterGreenville25$31,275$9,270
Woodland Heights Medical CenterLufkin16$89,743$9,312
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - CentennialFrisco11$37,895$9,361
Texoma Medical CenterDenison52$94,204$9,430
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Lake PointeRowlett39$43,460$9,440
Baylor Scott & White the Heart Hospital PlanoPlano50$37,172$9,473
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest FFort Worth20$51,627$9,480
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio49$97,466$9,490
Hendrick Medical CenterAbilene56$80,682$9,509
The Medical Center of Southeast TexasPort Arthur11$57,381$9,545
Methodist Mansfield Medical CenterMansfield22$60,360$9,554
Round Rock Medical CenterRound Rock19$74,888$9,564
Medical Center of McKinneyMcKinney15$163,668$9,636
St Luke's the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands20$65,725$9,687
North Austin Medical CenterAustin25$74,743$9,761
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth SouthFort Worth21$51,604$9,775
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- WaxahachieWaxahachie27$48,997$9,785
Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalHouston25$69,939$9,790
Shannon Medical CenterSan Angelo33$58,250$9,815
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College StatiCollege Station28$45,838$9,831
Titus Regional Medical CenterMount Pleasant12$25,333$9,871
St David's South Austin Medical CenterAustin20$63,878$9,877
Bsa HospitalAmarillo53$63,796$9,880
Houston Methodist West HospitalHouston39$54,234$9,959
Medical City North HillsNorth Richland Hills12$102,020$9,999
Covenant Medical CenterLubbock39$119,973$10,005
Christus Santa Rosa Hospital-San MarcosSan Marcos17$60,241$10,027
Laredo Medical CenterLaredo11$89,909$10,046
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebster20$110,728$10,055
Christus Santa Rosa Medical CenterSan Antonio38$39,701$10,081
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio92$89,737$10,117
Chi St Joseph Health Regional HospitalBryan23$56,447$10,231
Chi St Lukes Health Memorial LufkinLufkin18$80,913$10,232
Ascension ProvidenceWaco24$34,026$10,242
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital PlanoPlano32$55,044$10,267
Ascension Seton HaysKyle11$103,531$10,273
Memorial Hermann Katy HospitalKaty16$68,761$10,309
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DallasDallas34$53,162$10,329
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land HospitalSugar Land17$52,546$10,370
Methodist Richardson Medical CenterRichardson26$90,178$10,386
Midland Memorial HospitalMidland28$63,397$10,401
Baylor Scott & White Heart & Vascular Hospital - DallasDallas13$16,075$10,489
Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional HospitalTyler24$78,580$10,548
United Regional Health Care SystemWichita Falls41$39,866$10,552
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DentonDenton30$46,626$10,577
Texas Health Arlington Memorial HospitalArlington16$50,648$10,618
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center HillcrestWaco33$38,911$10,725
Christus Southeast Texas- St ElizabethBeaumont35$48,587$10,737
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth52$58,577$10,822
Methodist Charlton Medical CenterDallas24$60,740$10,823
HCA Houston Healthcare KingwoodKingwood21$113,597$10,824
Baptist Beaumont HospitalBeaumont21$68,697$10,861
Las Palmas Medical Center a Campus of Lpds HealthcEl Paso14$113,484$10,899
Vhs Harlingen Hospital Company LLCHarlingen18$122,914$10,984
Medical City DentonDenton21$98,346$11,050
Memorial Hermann Memorial City HospitalHouston30$60,449$11,074
Medical City WeatherfordWeatherford12$86,566$11,103
Medical City Fort WorthFort Worth12$88,214$11,104
Christus Good Shepherd Medical CenterLongview24$51,156$11,137
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-BedfordBedford24$49,419$11,182
HCA Houston Healthcare ConroeConroe13$90,297$11,316
Ut of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas33$43,115$11,383
Houston Methodist Baytown HospitalBaytown25$64,537$11,405
Medical City Dallas HospitalDallas20$199,215$11,559
Northwest Texas HospitalAmarillo11$81,942$11,588
The Corpus Christi Medical CenterCorpus Christi24$128,560$11,644
Medical Center HospitalOdessa42$36,758$11,645
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital AllianceFort Worth20$48,598$11,871
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston84$64,794$11,902
South Texas Health SystemEdinburg17$116,749$11,934
AdventHealth Central TexasKilleen12$56,664$11,990
Memorial Hermann Northeast HospitalHumble14$56,252$12,242
Baylor University Medical CenterDallas29$49,882$12,283
Medical City PlanoPlano25$327,470$12,618
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple26$54,384$12,644
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center at IrvingIrving36$45,182$12,848
Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi19$67,587$12,978
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston74$87,862$13,020
Medical City ArlingtonArlington13$177,570$13,199
University of Texas Medical Branch GalvestonGalveston53$36,590$14,752
University Medical CenterLubbock29$52,687$15,113
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical CenterHouston26$91,048$17,578
Baylor St Lukes Medical CenterHouston26$121,354$17,662
Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical CenterFort Worth23$71,017$22,000

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.