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Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Central Nervous System Principal cost in Houston, TX

MS-DRG 023 · 6 hospitals in Houston

Charges here run from $227,942 to $347,594 — a difference of $119,652 for the same coded procedure, in the same city.

The typical Texas hospital charges $289,595.

Hospitals in Houston, cheapest first

Hospital Charged Actually paid Patients
$227,942 21% below the state average $35,468 21
$254,237 12% below the state average $51,673 19
$272,323 6% below the state average $60,902 40
$278,432 4% below the state average $37,636 11
$300,757 4% above the state average $50,590 24
$347,594 20% above the state average $52,084 28

These are the averages each hospital reported to Medicare, not a quote for you. Before treatment, ask each hospital for a written good-faith estimate — you are entitled to one if you are uninsured or paying yourself.