Inpatient stay · MS-DRG 312
Syncope and collapse
In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $8,552 per stay at 1,487 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $6,867 and $9,210.
National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $8,552
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $6,867–$9,210
- Medicare’s share
- $6,636
- Average billed charge
- $46,199
- Hospitals reporting
- 1,487
Hospitals in Texas
Narrow by a state, city or ZIP code (optionally a distance around it), and/or pick specific hospitals. With both, your picks are added to the area’s hospitals.
- Average payment across these 103 hospitals
- $8,024
- Median hospital
- $7,622
- Lowest to highest
- $5,530–$21,705
- Medicare stays
- 3,312
103 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 51–100. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covenant Medical Center | 35 | $7,593 | 11% below the national average | $6,230 | $91,941 |
| North Austin Medical Center | 22 | $7,622 | 11% below the national average | $5,972 | $52,316 |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- Waxahachie | 27 | $7,664 | 10% below the national average | $6,198 | $32,544 |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Hillcrest | 20 | $7,733 | About average | $6,228 | $32,320 |
| HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake | 57 | $7,756 | About average | $6,568 | $77,089 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton | 34 | $7,787 | About average | $6,550 | $37,407 |
| Ascension Seton Hays | 14 | $7,792 | About average | $6,510 | $53,999 |
| St Luke's Hospital At The Vintage | 11 | $7,850 | About average | $6,514 | $55,768 |
| Methodist Charlton Medical Center | 14 | $7,936 | About average | $5,509 | $45,993 |
| Medical City Dallas Hospital | 45 | $7,971 | About average | $6,221 | $76,325 |
| Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital Plano | 12 | $7,975 | About average | $5,154 | $34,619 |
| VHS Harlingen Hospital Company LLC | 14 | $8,035 | About average | $6,553 | $117,693 |
| Medical City Fort Worth | 32 | $8,048 | About average | $6,229 | $58,976 |
| HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood | 96 | $8,092 | About average | $6,462 | $114,639 |
| Medical City Weatherford | 26 | $8,120 | About average | $6,316 | $66,319 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano | 21 | $8,133 | About average | $5,580 | $45,684 |
| Dallas Regional Medical Center | 17 | $8,147 | About average | $6,228 | $50,880 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort Worth | 78 | $8,216 | About average | $6,421 | $42,836 |
| Baylor Scott And White All Saints Medical Center | 47 | $8,290 | About average | $5,794 | $33,459 |
| Corpus Christi Medical Center,The | 26 | $8,313 | About average | $6,231 | $104,400 |
| Christus Southeast Texas- St Elizabeth | 36 | $8,350 | About average | $7,183 | $40,394 |
| Medical City North Hills | 17 | $8,351 | About average | $6,026 | $72,753 |
| Medical City Lewisville | 16 | $8,368 | About average | $6,556 | $85,553 |
| Laredo Medical Center | 14 | $8,395 | About average | $6,987 | $74,281 |
| UT Of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr. | 43 | $8,404 | About average | $5,962 | $35,352 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | 36 | $8,441 | About average | $6,358 | $45,768 |
| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin | 13 | $8,476 | About average | $7,291 | $33,459 |
| Christus Good Shepherd Medical Center | 44 | $8,506 | About average | $7,035 | $37,142 |
| HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball | 15 | $8,551 | About average | $7,355 | $86,832 |
| Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital | 17 | $8,595 | About average | $6,274 | $40,590 |
| Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital | 28 | $8,659 | About average | $7,051 | $34,859 |
| Medical Center Hospital | 17 | $8,690 | About average | $6,697 | $40,981 |
| Baptist Beaumont Hospital | 32 | $8,733 | About average | $6,926 | $51,663 |
| HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe | 28 | $8,837 | About average | $6,814 | $109,872 |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center At Irving | 18 | $8,913 | About average | $7,297 | $36,068 |
| Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital | 25 | $8,916 | About average | $7,573 | $46,331 |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple | 61 | $9,063 | About average | $7,046 | $40,009 |
| Northwest Texas Hospital | 19 | $9,130 | About average | $7,868 | $83,738 |
| Rio Grande Regional Hospital | 11 | $9,210 | About average | $7,875 | $91,877 |
| Baylor St Lukes Medical Center | 29 | $9,334 | About average | $6,643 | $70,674 |
| Methodist Mansfield Medical Center | 13 | $9,421 | 10% above the national average | $7,552 | $78,360 |
| Memorial Hermann Hospital System | 51 | $9,465 | 11% above the national average | $7,957 | $47,422 |
| South Texas Health System | 13 | $9,536 | 11% above the national average | $8,017 | $116,510 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | 50 | $9,824 | 15% above the national average | $6,976 | $58,500 |
| Medical City Arlington | 32 | $9,844 | 15% above the national average | $7,250 | $92,913 |
| Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi | 23 | $10,404 | 22% above the national average | $8,542 | $43,196 |
| Baylor University Medical Center | 49 | $10,661 | 25% above the national average | $6,901 | $40,759 |
| University Medical Center | 15 | $11,254 | 32% above the national average | $9,436 | $37,129 |
| University Of Texas Medical Branch Galveston | 25 | $11,455 | 34% above the national average | $8,815 | $27,313 |
| HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest | 12 | $11,776 | 38% above the national average | $10,412 | $123,668 |
National trend
Average payment and billed charge per stay, and how many Medicare stays were reported each year.
- Average payment
- Average billed charge
View data as a table
| Year of care | Average payment | Average billed charge |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $7,406 | $36K |
| 2021 | $7,799 | $39K |
| 2022 | $7,985 | $42K |
| 2023 | $8,225 | $44K |
| 2024 | $8,552 | $46K |
By state, 2024
Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.
Show all 51 states
| State | Hospitals | Cases | Average payment | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 18 | 474 | $6,623 | $5,898–$7,099 |
| Kentucky | 20 | 666 | $6,665 | $6,213–$6,940 |
| Arkansas | 15 | 357 | $6,685 | $6,336–$6,892 |
| Vermont | 2 | 51 | $6,803 | $5,637–$7,724 |
| Iowa | 16 | 419 | $6,805 | $6,288–$7,070 |
| Mississippi | 15 | 509 | $6,809 | $6,143–$6,806 |
| Alabama | 29 | 852 | $6,907 | $6,343–$7,198 |
| West Virginia | 13 | 472 | $7,057 | $5,802–$7,115 |
| Kansas | 11 | 377 | $7,114 | $6,259–$7,428 |
| Indiana | 37 | 1,147 | $7,196 | $6,751–$7,457 |
| North Dakota | 5 | 124 | $7,210 | $6,786–$7,373 |
| Missouri | 34 | 912 | $7,212 | $6,300–$7,854 |
| Oklahoma | 18 | 432 | $7,301 | $6,669–$7,326 |
| Ohio | 70 | 1,898 | $7,323 | $6,281–$7,629 |
| New Hampshire | 11 | 328 | $7,406 | $6,791–$7,913 |
| Montana | 4 | 69 | $7,443 | $6,908–$7,694 |
| Idaho | 5 | 94 | $7,505 | $7,455–$7,828 |
| Florida | 129 | 6,354 | $7,530 | $6,698–$8,166 |
| Tennessee | 31 | 1,012 | $7,573 | $6,360–$7,778 |
| Virginia | 39 | 1,616 | $7,641 | $6,815–$7,824 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 116 | $7,647 | $7,451–$7,979 |
| New Mexico | 7 | 136 | $7,653 | $6,638–$8,647 |
| Arizona | 29 | 839 | $7,709 | $6,967–$7,827 |
| Wisconsin | 24 | 571 | $7,719 | $6,722–$7,900 |
| Nebraska | 8 | 201 | $7,722 | $6,834–$8,734 |
| South Carolina | 31 | 1,058 | $7,750 | $6,665–$8,245 |
| Pennsylvania | 78 | 2,713 | $7,827 | $6,527–$8,550 |
| Michigan | 42 | 1,378 | $7,836 | $7,139–$8,261 |
| Maine | 4 | 102 | $7,909 | $6,894–$7,631 |
| Colorado | 15 | 285 | $7,909 | $6,831–$7,565 |
| Texas | 103 | 3,312 | $8,024 | $7,200–$8,491 |
| Minnesota | 17 | 464 | $8,173 | $7,050–$8,424 |
| Washington | 27 | 596 | $8,238 | $7,476–$8,527 |
| North Carolina | 43 | 1,556 | $8,274 | $7,185–$8,127 |
| Delaware | 5 | 390 | $8,521 | $7,531–$8,686 |
| Illinois | 70 | 2,259 | $8,661 | $6,903–$9,218 |
| New Jersey | 50 | 2,005 | $8,682 | $7,487–$9,963 |
| Massachusetts | 47 | 2,326 | $8,685 | $7,373–$9,735 |
| Georgia | 49 | 1,563 | $8,904 | $7,289–$9,281 |
| Nevada | 13 | 539 | $8,908 | $7,779–$9,266 |
| Oregon | 11 | 212 | $9,100 | $8,452–$9,421 |
| Rhode Island | 5 | 141 | $9,102 | $7,165–$8,957 |
| Utah | 5 | 111 | $9,178 | $7,382–$9,708 |
| Wyoming | 2 | 31 | $9,188 | $8,513–$9,534 |
| Connecticut | 19 | 571 | $9,775 | $8,477–$10,132 |
| Hawaii | 3 | 92 | $10,597 | $10,415–$12,442 |
| California | 129 | 4,020 | $10,846 | $9,128–$10,806 |
| New York | 83 | 4,453 | $11,509 | $8,308–$12,036 |
| Maryland | 35 | 1,482 | $11,912 | $9,969–$14,559 |
| Alaska | 3 | 52 | $12,102 | $10,339–$14,624 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | 122 | $12,112 | $11,190–$13,198 |
About these numbers
Average payment is what Medicare paid plus the patient’s deductible and coinsurance (and any other insurer), averaged over the hospital’s Medicare cases. It covers the hospital’s part of the care; doctors bill separately. Billed charges are the hospital’s list prices, which few patients pay.
Medicare sets its payments by formula, adjusting for local wages, teaching programs, the share of low-income patients and unusually costly cases. Those adjustments drive most differences between hospitals, so a lower payment doesn’t mean better or worse care, and Medicare patients’ own costs usually vary much less than the totals. Private insurance pays different, usually higher, prices.
Source: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (Medicare fee-for-service claims). CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 stays. More in the glossary.