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
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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.
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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.
| Procedure | Code | Gross charge | Cash price | Medicare | Markup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OTHER VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC | 254 | $185,689 | $92,845 | — | 19.2x |
| PERMANENT CARDIAC PACEMAKER IMPLANT WITHOUT CC/MCC | 244 | $241,664 | $120,832 | — | 18.5x |
| STOMACH, ESOPHAGEAL AND DUODENAL PROCEDURES WITH CC | 327 | $235,615 | $117,808 | — | 18.1x |
| OTHER CARDIOTHORACIC PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC | 229 | $378,894 | $189,447 | — | 17.4x |
| PERCUTANEOUS AND OTHER INTRACARDIAC PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC | 274 | $378,674 | $189,337 | — | 17.3x |
| AORTIC AND HEART ASSIST PROCEDURES EXCEPT PULSATION BALLOON WITHOUT MCC | 269 | $441,330 | $220,665 | — | 17.2x |
| PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH DRUG-ELUTING STENT WITHOUT MCC | 247 | $205,032 | $102,516 | — | 16.9x |
| PERMANENT CARDIAC PACEMAKER IMPLANT WITH MCC | 242 | $382,182 | $191,091 | — | 16.9x |
| CAROTID ARTERY STENT PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC | 036 | $183,355 | $91,678 | — | 16.5x |
| MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC | 470 | $195,509 | $97,755 | — | 16.3x |
| O.R. PROCEDURES FOR OBESITY WITHOUT CC/MCC | 621 | $142,629 | $71,315 | — | 16.2x |
| PERMANENT CARDIAC PACEMAKER IMPLANT WITH CC | 243 | $238,873 | $119,436 | — | 16x |
| CRANIOTOMY WITH MAJOR DEVICE IMPLANT OR ACUTE COMPLEX CNS PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITHOUT MC | 024 | $356,369 | $178,185 | — | 15.6x |
| ECMO OR TRACHEOSTOMY WITH MV >96 HOURS OR PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS EXCEPT FACE, MOUTH AND NEC | 003 | $2,001,405 | $1,000,703 | — | 15.2x |
| PANCREAS, LIVER AND SHUNT PROCEDURES WITH CC | 406 | $268,583 | $134,291 | — | 15.1x |
| PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH INTRALUMINAL DEVICE WITHOUT MCC | 322 | $178,972 | $89,486 | — | 14.9x |
| REVISION OF HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT WITHOUT CC/MCC | 468 | $233,982 | $116,991 | — | 14.6x |
| CARDIAC VALVE AND OTHER MAJOR CARDIOTHORACIC PROCEDURES WITHOUT CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION | 220 | $495,717 | $247,859 | — | 14.5x |
| SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITHOUT MCC | 460 | $329,573 | $164,787 | — | 14.4x |
| CIRCULATORY DISORDERS EXCEPT AMI, WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITHOUT MCC | 287 | $98,462 | $49,231 | — | 14.3x |
| LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY WITHOUT C.D.E. WITH CC | 418 | $120,618 | $60,309 | — | 14.1x |
| SEIZURES WITHOUT MCC | 101 | $67,816 | $33,908 | — | 13.9x |
| CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC | 027 | $226,489 | $113,245 | — | 13.9x |
| RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS WITH VENTILATOR SUPPORT >96 HOURS | 207 | $461,294 | $230,647 | — | 13.6x |
| CORONARY BYPASS WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION OR OPEN ABLATION WITH MCC | 233 | $583,945 | $291,972 | — | 13.5x |
| PANCREAS, LIVER AND SHUNT PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 405 | $502,219 | $251,109 | — | 13.5x |
| CRANIOTOMY WITH MAJOR DEVICE IMPLANT OR ACUTE COMPLEX CNS PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITH MCC O | 023 | $495,253 | $247,626 | — | 13.4x |
| CORONARY BYPASS WITHOUT CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITHOUT MCC | 236 | $317,042 | $158,521 | — | 13.4x |
| PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH DRUG-ELUTING STENT WITH MCC OR 4+ ARTERIES O | 246 | $258,047 | $129,024 | — | 13.3x |
| STOMACH, ESOPHAGEAL AND DUODENAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC | 328 | $136,484 | $68,242 | — | 13.2x |
| CAROTID ARTERY STENT PROCEDURES WITH CC | 035 | $195,227 | $97,614 | — | 13.1x |
| REVISION OF HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT WITH CC | 467 | $258,276 | $129,138 | — | 13x |
| MAJOR SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC | 331 | $139,915 | $69,957 | — | 13x |
| MAJOR SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES WITH CC | 330 | $199,960 | $99,980 | — | 12.7x |
| PERCUTANEOUS AND OTHER INTRACARDIAC PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 273 | $338,676 | $169,338 | — | 12.6x |
| CORONARY BYPASS WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION OR OPEN ABLATION WITHOUT MCC | 234 | $404,537 | $202,268 | — | 12.5x |
| RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS WITH VENTILATOR SUPPORT <=96 HOURS | 208 | $200,006 | $100,003 | — | 12.4x |
| MAJOR SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 329 | $344,826 | $172,413 | — | 12.2x |
| OTHER MAJOR CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 270 | $441,011 | $220,506 | — | 12x |
| OTHER DISORDERS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM WITH MCC | 091 | $124,614 | $62,307 | — | 11.9x |
| CARDIAC VALVE AND OTHER MAJOR CARDIOTHORACIC PROCEDURES WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WIT | 216 | $981,948 | $490,974 | — | 11.9x |
| ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITHOUT CC/MCC | 282 | $48,925 | $24,463 | — | 11.8x |
| COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITH CC | 454 | $461,909 | $230,954 | — | 11.8x |
| HIP REPLACEMENT WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF HIP FRACTURE WITHOUT MCC | 522 | $161,844 | $80,922 | — | 11.8x |
| ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH CC | 281 | $70,224 | $35,112 | — | 11.8x |
| RED BLOOD CELL DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 812 | $56,234 | $28,117 | — | 11.6x |
| SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITH MV >96 HOURS | 870 | $466,496 | $233,248 | — | 11.6x |
| TRANSIENT ISCHEMIA WITHOUT THROMBOLYTIC | 069 | $56,292 | $28,146 | — | 11.6x |
| STOMACH, ESOPHAGEAL AND DUODENAL PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 326 | $387,552 | $193,776 | — | 11.5x |
| HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 481 | $135,208 | $67,604 | — | 11.2x |
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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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