Central line placement Cost in San Antonio, TX (2026)

Prices at 4 hospitals in San Antonio, TX, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $7,254 — 247% above the US median ($2,089), roughly 30.5× the Medicare rate.

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
Methodist Hospital	San Antonio, TX	$7,254	$2,569	★ 4/5	134 min	15.8%
Methodist Hospital Stone Oak	San Antonio, TX	$7,254	$2,569	★ 4/5	172 min	15.4%
Foundation Surgical Hospital of San Antonio	San Antonio, TX	$7,750	$1,550	—	—	14.2%

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated June 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)

$7,254

Cash / self-pay

$7,254

Insurer-negotiated

$2,569

Medicare pays

$238

$2,771$7,601

Median cash $7,254 · Medicare $238 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $7,254 — about 30.5× the Medicare rate ($238). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($476).

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Doctors who perform this in San Antonio

Clinicians who reported the most Medicare volume for this service locally. This reflects Original Medicare activity only and is a volume signal, not a quality ranking.

Clinician	Specialty	Location	Medicare services
Michelle Brucal, DO	Emergency Medicine	San Antonio, TX	38
Leonard Deal, MD	Pulmonary Disease	San Antonio, TX	35
Ravi Santhanam, MD	Internal Medicine	San Antonio, TX	34
Rajeev Narayan, M.D.	Nephrology	San Antonio, TX	30
Joel Warfel, M.D.	Anesthesiology	San Antonio, TX	29
Benjamin Stephens, MBBS	Hospitalist	San Antonio, TX	28
Adam Gottula	Critical Care (Intensivists)	San Antonio, TX	23
Kevin Delaney, MD	Anesthesiology	San Antonio, TX	22
Steven Hilburn, MD	Pulmonary Disease	San Antonio, TX	21
Akshar Chauhan, MD	Pulmonary Disease	San Antonio, TX	20
Sugumar Ambrose, MD	Anesthesiology	San Antonio, TX	19
Patricio De Hoyos Zambrano, MD	Pulmonary Disease	San Antonio, TX	18

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