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Heart Hospital of Austin vs ST DAVID'S SOUTH AUSTIN MEDICAL CENTER.

Side-by-side prices for 23 procedures both hospitals publish, plus CMS quality ratings and metro context. Pulled from each hospital's federally-mandated price transparency file. Heart Hospital of Austin is cheaper on more procedures (14 vs 9).

Heart Hospital of Austin
Austin, TX
HCA
Cheaper on 14 of 23 procedures
vs.
ST DAVID'S SOUTH AUSTIN MEDICAL CENTER
Austin, TX
St. David's HealthCare
Cheaper on 9 of 23 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

Procedure Heart ST Cheaper
Brain MRI without contrast $4,903 $7,204 Heart ↓
Brain MRI with and without contrast $6,941 $8,116 Heart ↓
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast $5,439 $7,458 Heart ↓
Knee/lower-extremity MRI without contrast $4,903 $7,151 Heart ↓
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast $7,076 $15,623 Heart ↓
Abdominal ultrasound, complete $1,599 $1,477 ST ↓
Mammogram, screening $139 $520 Heart ↓
DXA bone density scan $832 $784 ST ↓
Chest X-ray, single view $881 $833 ST ↓
Comprehensive metabolic panel $975 $241 ST ↓
Lipid panel $662 $399 ST ↓
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) $1,061 $1,422 Heart ↓
Hemoglobin A1c $440 $538 Heart ↓
Urinalysis $33 $198 Heart ↓
Echocardiogram, complete with Doppler $3,955 $7,991 Heart ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 3 $231 $335 Heart ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 4 $2,345 $480 ST ↓
Lumbar epidural steroid injection $3,530 $9,580 Heart ↓
Polysomnography (sleep study) $7,667 $9,461 Heart ↓
Thyroid ultrasound $967 $893 ST ↓
New patient office visit, level 3 $4,029 $749 ST ↓
New patient office visit, level 4 $4,911 $912 ST ↓
Carotid duplex ultrasound $1,144 $4,396 Heart ↓

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How to read this comparison.

The cash-pay price is what an uninsured patient would be charged at each hospital. It's the cleanest apples-to-apples comparison because it doesn't depend on your insurance plan.

The CMS rating is the federal quality composite, built from ~50 measures spanning safety, mortality, readmission, patient experience, and timeliness. A 5-star hospital may not be the best at every procedure, and a 3-star hospital can have a strong specific service line. Treat the rating as one input, not the answer.

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