US Health Care Costs

Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-Neoplasm Without Cc/Mcc in Texas

MS-DRG 661: Kidney and ureter procedures for non-neoplasm without cc/mcc

$77,674typical hospital bill
$8,990typical amount paid
$7,686–$10,988range paid across 11 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $77,674 for this stay in 2024, about 8.6 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
Longview Regional Medical CenterLongview12$111,521$7,686
Bsa HospitalAmarillo15$49,641$7,923
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler12$92,923$8,105
Medical Center of McKinneyMcKinney14$102,112$8,539
Christus Santa Rosa Medical CenterSan Antonio11$38,930$8,787
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio37$62,631$8,990
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio12$77,674$9,036
St David's South Austin Medical CenterAustin13$148,360$9,384
Ut of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas20$47,196$9,847
Ascension Seton Medical Center AustinAustin12$72,744$10,196
Las Palmas Medical Center a Campus of Lpds HealthcEl Paso12$122,263$10,988

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.