US Health Care Costs

Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-Neoplasm with Mcc in Texas

MS-DRG 659: Kidney and ureter procedures for non-neoplasm with mcc

$134,126typical hospital bill
$22,497typical amount paid
$16,569–$28,118range paid across 13 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $134,126 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
Bsa HospitalAmarillo14$100,479$16,569
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler17$157,705$17,011
Medical City PlanoPlano11$167,263$18,879
Hendrick Medical CenterAbilene12$157,170$19,784
Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional HospitalTyler20$185,018$20,158
Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi14$134,126$21,034
Las Palmas Medical Center a Campus of Lpds HealthcEl Paso11$363,341$22,497
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston19$128,783$22,558
Baylor University Medical CenterDallas13$89,482$23,803
Ut of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas26$99,762$24,920
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston12$133,252$24,951
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple20$123,160$28,040
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio24$295,790$28,118

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.