US Health Care Costs

Heart valve replacement through a catheter (TAVR) in Texas

MS-DRG 267: Endovascular cardiac valve replacement and supplement procedures without mcc

$313,981typical hospital bill
$37,689typical amount paid
$32,976–$57,998range paid across 49 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $313,981 for this stay in 2024, about 8.3 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 CenterLongview25$522,074$32,976
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler30$383,919$33,032
Covenant Medical CenterLubbock12$296,390$33,532
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio63$529,307$33,716
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital PlanoPlano25$142,071$33,880
Texoma Medical CenterDenison13$233,439$34,483
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College StatiCollege Station23$162,949$34,680
St Luke's the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands12$356,065$34,908
Bsa HospitalAmarillo49$205,836$35,239
The Heart Hospital Baylor DentonDenton35$170,754$35,543
St David's Medical CenterAustin57$409,216$35,621
Houston Methodist the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands16$407,067$35,627
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round RockRound Rock41$188,225$35,706
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebster38$472,065$35,776
St David's South Austin Medical CenterAustin25$694,889$36,193
Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional HospitalTyler37$226,378$36,201
Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi14$317,052$36,209
Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land22$391,426$36,442
Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical CenterFort Worth72$179,116$36,989
The Corpus Christi Medical CenterCorpus Christi18$406,179$37,171
Ascension Seton Medical Center AustinAustin74$354,295$37,265
Houston Methodist West HospitalHouston14$392,509$37,558
Texas Health Heart & Vascular Hospital ArlingtonArlington55$140,389$37,584
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio82$619,624$37,638
Baylor Scott & White the Heart Hospital PlanoPlano326$174,510$37,689
Christus Good Shepherd Medical CenterLongview14$415,583$37,766
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth126$142,077$37,803
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DallasDallas79$139,071$37,993
United Regional Health Care SystemWichita Falls15$179,423$38,358
South Texas Health SystemEdinburg17$338,055$38,375
Memorial Hermann Memorial City HospitalHouston44$136,401$38,549
Baylor Scott & White Heart & Vascular Hospital - DallasDallas88$187,920$38,650
Hendrick Medical CenterAbilene56$452,734$39,202
HCA Houston Healthcare Medical CenterHouston61$363,851$39,597
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston135$342,533$40,819
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston71$158,350$41,152
Doctors Hosptal at RenaissanceEdinburg20$243,013$41,463
Ut of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas113$201,972$41,929
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple60$172,037$42,353
University Medical CenterLubbock11$279,257$44,525
HCA Houston Healthcare KingwoodKingwood19$453,873$45,517
Medical City Fort WorthFort Worth26$734,937$45,807
Lubbock Heart Hospital LpLubbock11$313,981$48,088
Ascension ProvidenceWaco11$378,946$49,382
Medical City Dallas HospitalDallas19$582,132$49,523
University of Texas Medical Branch GalvestonGalveston22$197,589$49,647
Baylor St Lukes Medical CenterHouston73$400,442$50,932
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical CenterHouston54$186,125$53,521
University Health SystemSan Antonio47$129,952$57,998

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.