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Texas Children's Hospital vs Ben Taub Hospital.

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. Ben Taub Hospital is cheaper on more procedures (20 vs 1).

Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX
Texas Children's
Cheaper on 1 of 23 procedures
vs.
Ben Taub Hospital
Houston, TX
Harris Health
Cheaper on 20 of 23 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

Procedure Texas Ben Cheaper
Brain MRI without contrast $2,783 $231 Ben ↓
Brain MRI with and without contrast $4,438 $362 Ben ↓
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast $3,694 $231 Ben ↓
Knee/lower-extremity MRI without contrast $3,174 $231 Ben ↓
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast $4,893 $362 Ben ↓
Abdominal ultrasound, complete $947 $104 Ben ↓
DXA bone density scan $549 $104 Ben ↓
Chest X-ray, single view $348 $86 Ben ↓
Comprehensive metabolic panel $706 $11 Ben ↓
Lipid panel $98 $13 Ben ↓
CBC with differential $120 — tie
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) $61 $17 Ben ↓
Hemoglobin A1c $93 — tie
Urinalysis $84 $19 Ben ↓
Echocardiogram, complete with Doppler $2,742 $520 Ben ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 3 $129 $42 Ben ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 4 $177 $58 Ben ↓
Lumbar epidural steroid injection $1,473 $859 Ben ↓
Thyroid ultrasound $494 $104 Ben ↓
New patient office visit, level 3 $204 $68 Ben ↓
New patient office visit, level 4 $279 $98 Ben ↓
Prostate biopsy $800 $1,919 Texas ↓
Carotid duplex ultrasound $1,020 $231 Ben ↓

Patient experience.

CMS HCAHPS patient survey, period ending 03/31/2025. Bold = higher score.

Measure Texas Ben
HCAHPS overall star rating — —
Would definitely recommend — —
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 — —
Nurses always communicated well — —
Doctors always communicated well — —
Given clear info about recovery — —
Room and bathroom always clean — —
Staff always explained meds — —
Quiet at night, always — —

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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.

For your specific insurance plan, prices can shift dramatically. Some hospitals negotiate steep discounts with one insurer and not another. Always check the plan-specific rate before you book.