X-ray of the elbow cost in Texas

Prices at 180 hospitals in Texas, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $323 — 17% above the US median ($276), roughly 9.8× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX $56 $113
Northwest Hills Surgical Hospital Austin, TX $63 $33 14.4%
Seton Medical Center Harker Heights Harker Heights, TX $67 $390 ★ 4/5 174 min 16.3%
Coleman County Medical Center Company Coleman, TX $68 $101 134 min 15.5%
Sabine County Hospital Hemphill, TX $68 $78 114 min 14.7%
North Texas Medical Center Gainesville, TX $74 $87 ★ 4/5 121 min 14.9%
Aspire Hospital Conroe, TX $80 $256
Kimble Hospital Junction, TX $82 $166 141 min 15.2%
Vhs Harlingen Hospital Company Llc Harlingen, TX $86 $87 ★ 2/5 154 min 14.6%
Knapp Medical Center Weslaco, TX $86 $87 ★ 5/5 141 min 14.4%
Mission Regional Medical Center Mission, TX $86 $87 ★ 4/5 151 min 15.2%
Dallas Medical Center Dallas, TX $86 $87 ★ 3/5 133 min 13.7%
Dallas Regional Medical Center Mesquite, TX $86 $88 ★ 3/5 168 min 14.8%
Harlingen Medical Center Harlingen, TX $86 $87 ★ 4/5 163 min 14.6%
Titus Regional Medical Center Mount Pleasant, TX $99 $37 ★ 3/5 187 min 15.2%
Bsa Hospital Amarillo, TX $102 $765 ★ 2/5 217 min 14.8%
Lillian M Hudspeth Memorial Hospital Sonora, TX $117 $101 124 min
Memorial Hermann Surgical Hospital Kingwood Kingwood, TX $119 $548 14.8%
Muleshoe Area Medical Center Muleshoe, TX $120 $160 110 min
Ascension Providence Waco, TX $125 $33 ★ 2/5 216 min 14.2%
North Austin Medical Center Austin, TX $125 $94 ★ 3/5 156 min 14.4%
Graham Regional Medical Center Graham, TX $127 $83 133 min 15.1%
Tyler County Hospital Woodville, TX $129 $138 130 min 14.9%
Hardeman County Memorial Hospital Quanah, TX $135 $107 97 min
Ascension Seton Edgar B Davis Luling, TX $137 $102 89 min 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 August 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)
$639
Cash / self-pay
$323
Insurer-negotiated
$155
Medicare pays
$33
$105$1,425
Median cash $323  ·  Medicare $33  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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Typical cash price here is $323 — about 9.8× the Medicare rate ($33). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($66).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $639 list price could save about $316 (49%).

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