CostGrade

Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Major cost in Houston, TX

MS-DRG 981 · 5 hospitals in Houston

Charges here run from $183,129 to $473,822 — a difference of $290,692 for the same coded procedure, in the same city.

The typical Texas hospital charges $194,992.

Hospitals in Houston, cheapest first

Hospital Charged Actually paid Patients
$183,129 6% below the state average $42,438 51
$194,768 $42,952 16
$310,494 59% above the state average $56,212 28
$316,161 62% above the state average $48,321 51
$473,822 143% above the state average $75,289 13

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.