US Health Care Costs

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Without C.d.e. with Mcc in Texas

MS-DRG 417: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy without c.d.e. with mcc

$125,553typical hospital bill
$18,581typical amount paid
$15,887–$33,447range paid across 23 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $125,553 for this stay in 2024, about 6.8 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
Methodist Hospital Stone OakSan Antonio12$104,056$15,887
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center PlanoPlano12$93,892$16,209
Houston Methodist the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands11$125,553$16,612
Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land12$114,279$16,778
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler17$188,180$16,858
Bsa HospitalAmarillo29$99,580$17,200
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio15$209,105$17,262
Covenant Medical CenterLubbock25$196,677$17,432
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round RockRound Rock14$74,275$17,508
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital PlanoPlano19$116,313$18,008
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio45$151,640$18,081
Texoma Medical CenterDenison13$217,130$18,581
Medical City PlanoPlano15$289,596$18,940
The Corpus Christi Medical CenterCorpus Christi13$236,412$18,957
Chi St Joseph Health Regional HospitalBryan11$119,864$19,025
United Regional Health Care SystemWichita Falls20$63,529$19,646
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston11$118,484$20,612
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebster11$254,954$20,680
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston25$117,786$20,903
Medical City Fort WorthFort Worth12$224,485$20,919
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth23$116,089$21,859
HCA Houston Healthcare KingwoodKingwood11$440,061$27,661
Northwest Texas HospitalAmarillo12$353,541$33,447

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.