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St David's Medical Center

ST DAVID'S MEDICAL CENTER in Austin, TX charges 10.6x the Medicare reimbursement rate across 137 analyzed procedures, with 26% showing significant price variations.

Austin, TX 78705 · Acute Care Hospitals · CMS Rating: 5/5

By Michael Glenn , Healthcare Data Analyst · ·
Data from CMS files published FY 2024 CMS IPPS. Refreshed weekly.
About the analyst

Michael Glenn reviews CMS datasets and drug pricing at BillRazor Research. He focuses on NADAC acquisition costs and procedure coding accuracy. Expertise: drug pricing, NADAC data, CPT coding.

137 procedures analyzed
CMS price transparency data
Updated 2026-04-03
Median 7.4x4.2x17.0x
10.6x
Medicare markup ratio
TX lowestSt David's Medical CenterTX highest
10.6x
Avg markup ratio
9.7x
Median markup
137
Procedures
26%
Outlier procedures
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Pricing grade

F

Very high

Avg markup vs Medicare

10.6x

Charge / Medicare rate

Max markup

19.21x

Worst procedure

Procedures analyzed

137

With pricing data

Outlier procedures

26.3%

Above 90th percentile

Pricing grades reflect how this hospital's chargemaster (list) rates compare to Medicare reimbursement benchmarks within the same state. Grades measure pricing patterns only — not quality of care, patient outcomes, or clinical performance. A lower grade does not mean a hospital provides inferior care. Based on publicly available federal data. Not endorsed by or affiliated with any government agency.

ProcedureCodeGross chargeCash priceMedicareMarkup
OTHER VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC254$185,689$92,84519.2x
PERMANENT CARDIAC PACEMAKER IMPLANT WITHOUT CC/MCC244$241,664$120,83218.5x
STOMACH, ESOPHAGEAL AND DUODENAL PROCEDURES WITH CC327$235,615$117,80818.1x
OTHER CARDIOTHORACIC PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC229$378,894$189,44717.4x
PERCUTANEOUS AND OTHER INTRACARDIAC PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC274$378,674$189,33717.3x
AORTIC AND HEART ASSIST PROCEDURES EXCEPT PULSATION BALLOON WITHOUT MCC269$441,330$220,66517.2x
PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH DRUG-ELUTING STENT WITHOUT MCC247$205,032$102,51616.9x
PERMANENT CARDIAC PACEMAKER IMPLANT WITH MCC242$382,182$191,09116.9x
CAROTID ARTERY STENT PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC036$183,355$91,67816.5x
MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC470$195,509$97,75516.3x
O.R. PROCEDURES FOR OBESITY WITHOUT CC/MCC621$142,629$71,31516.2x
PERMANENT CARDIAC PACEMAKER IMPLANT WITH CC243$238,873$119,43616x
CRANIOTOMY WITH MAJOR DEVICE IMPLANT OR ACUTE COMPLEX CNS PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITHOUT MC024$356,369$178,18515.6x
ECMO OR TRACHEOSTOMY WITH MV >96 HOURS OR PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS EXCEPT FACE, MOUTH AND NEC003$2,001,405$1,000,70315.2x
PANCREAS, LIVER AND SHUNT PROCEDURES WITH CC406$268,583$134,29115.1x
PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH INTRALUMINAL DEVICE WITHOUT MCC322$178,972$89,48614.9x
REVISION OF HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT WITHOUT CC/MCC468$233,982$116,99114.6x
CARDIAC VALVE AND OTHER MAJOR CARDIOTHORACIC PROCEDURES WITHOUT CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION220$495,717$247,85914.5x
SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITHOUT MCC460$329,573$164,78714.4x
CIRCULATORY DISORDERS EXCEPT AMI, WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITHOUT MCC287$98,462$49,23114.3x
LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY WITHOUT C.D.E. WITH CC418$120,618$60,30914.1x
SEIZURES WITHOUT MCC101$67,816$33,90813.9x
CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC027$226,489$113,24513.9x
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS WITH VENTILATOR SUPPORT >96 HOURS207$461,294$230,64713.6x
CORONARY BYPASS WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION OR OPEN ABLATION WITH MCC233$583,945$291,97213.5x
PANCREAS, LIVER AND SHUNT PROCEDURES WITH MCC405$502,219$251,10913.5x
CRANIOTOMY WITH MAJOR DEVICE IMPLANT OR ACUTE COMPLEX CNS PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITH MCC O023$495,253$247,62613.4x
CORONARY BYPASS WITHOUT CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITHOUT MCC236$317,042$158,52113.4x
PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH DRUG-ELUTING STENT WITH MCC OR 4+ ARTERIES O246$258,047$129,02413.3x
STOMACH, ESOPHAGEAL AND DUODENAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC328$136,484$68,24213.2x
CAROTID ARTERY STENT PROCEDURES WITH CC035$195,227$97,61413.1x
REVISION OF HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT WITH CC467$258,276$129,13813x
MAJOR SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC331$139,915$69,95713x
MAJOR SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES WITH CC330$199,960$99,98012.7x
PERCUTANEOUS AND OTHER INTRACARDIAC PROCEDURES WITH MCC273$338,676$169,33812.6x
CORONARY BYPASS WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION OR OPEN ABLATION WITHOUT MCC234$404,537$202,26812.5x
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS WITH VENTILATOR SUPPORT <=96 HOURS208$200,006$100,00312.4x
MAJOR SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES WITH MCC329$344,826$172,41312.2x
OTHER MAJOR CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH MCC270$441,011$220,50612x
OTHER DISORDERS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM WITH MCC091$124,614$62,30711.9x
CARDIAC VALVE AND OTHER MAJOR CARDIOTHORACIC PROCEDURES WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WIT216$981,948$490,97411.9x
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITHOUT CC/MCC282$48,925$24,46311.8x
COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITH CC454$461,909$230,95411.8x
HIP REPLACEMENT WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF HIP FRACTURE WITHOUT MCC522$161,844$80,92211.8x
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH CC281$70,224$35,11211.8x
RED BLOOD CELL DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC812$56,234$28,11711.6x
SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITH MV >96 HOURS870$466,496$233,24811.6x
TRANSIENT ISCHEMIA WITHOUT THROMBOLYTIC069$56,292$28,14611.6x
STOMACH, ESOPHAGEAL AND DUODENAL PROCEDURES WITH MCC326$387,552$193,77611.5x
HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC481$135,208$67,60411.2x

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Methodology: Hospital gross charges divided by Medicare payment for the same DRG. A ratio of 3.0x means the hospital's listed price is 3 times what Medicare pays. Chargemaster rates are list prices — they are not what most insured patients pay. Grades measure pricing patterns only — not quality of care or clinical performance.

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