Methodist Hospital Hill Country

Fredericksburg, TX

220,569 price items Updated: 2026-03-01

About Methodist Hospital Hill C

Methodist Hospital Hill Country is located in Fredericksburg, Texas. The hospital is part of the Methodist health system.

Methodist Hospital Hill Country publishes 220,569 price items in its transparency file, making it one of 16 hospitals in the San Antonio metro area reporting pricing data. The hospital lists prices for 17 specific procedures with 2,040 total payer rate entries. The pricing data shows identical gross and cash rates across all listed procedures, with no cash discounts applied. Several major procedures including total knee replacement, screening colonoscopy, cesarean delivery, and complete blood count show $0 pricing, while other services range from $1,254.67 for a chest X-ray to $14,859.10 for a CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast.

About This Data

Methodist Hospital Hill Country publishes this pricing data as required by the CMS Price Transparency Rule (45 CFR § 180). The hospital's machine-readable file is published in JSON format and includes gross charges, cash/self-pay discounts, and payer-specific negotiated rates.

We are not affiliated with Methodist Hospital Hill Country. This page presents publicly available pricing data published by the hospital in compliance with federal regulations.

File last updated: 2026-03-01. Accessed by us: 2026-04-13. We check for changes weekly.

If you believe any information is incorrect, please contact us. We'll review it against the source file within 5 business days.

Data quality note: Methodist Hospital Hill Country publishes cash prices that match their gross charges, meaning no separate self-pay discount appears in their transparency file. The insured rates shown below are negotiated rates between the hospital and specific insurance plans. Uninsured patients may be able to negotiate lower rates by contacting the hospital's financial assistance department directly.

Published Prices by Procedure

Echocardiogram

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Procedure	Gross	Cash Price	Insured Low	Insured High
Transthoracic Echocardiogram with Doppler (93306)	$9,783.22	$9,783.22	$489.16	$7,337.41

Colonoscopy

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Procedure	Gross	Cash Price	Insured Low	Insured High
Screening Colonoscopy (45378)	—	N/A	$345.58	$4,014
Colonoscopy with Biopsy (45380)	—	N/A	$451.58	$4,014

ER Visit

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Procedure	Gross	Cash Price	Insured Low	Insured High
ER Visit Level 3 (Moderate) (99283)	$2,623.53	$2,623.53	$645.39	$1,967.65
ER Visit Level 4 (High/Urgent) (99284)	$3,727.92	$3,727.92	$917.07	$2,795.94
ER Visit Level 5 (Critical) (99285)	$4,607.43	$4,607.43	$1,133.43	$3,455.57

MRI

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Procedure	Gross	Cash Price	Insured Low	Insured High
MRI Brain Without Contrast (70551)	$9,342.89	$9,342.89	$467.14	$7,007.17
MRI Lumbar Spine Without Contrast (72148)	$10,716.35	$10,716.35	$535.82	$8,037.26

Chest X-ray

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Procedure	Gross	Cash Price	Insured Low	Insured High
Chest X-ray, 2 Views (71046)	$1,254.67	$1,254.67	$62.73	$941

CT Scan

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Procedure	Gross	Cash Price	Insured Low	Insured High
CT Abdomen and Pelvis without Contrast (74176)	$11,369.37	$11,369.37	$568.47	$8,527.03
CT Abdomen and Pelvis with Contrast (74177)	$14,859.1	$14,859.1	$742.96	$11,144.33

Ultrasound

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Procedure	Gross	Cash Price	Insured Low	Insured High
Abdominal Ultrasound, Complete (76700)	$3,451.71	$3,451.71	$172.59	$2,588.78
Pelvic Ultrasound, Complete (76856)	$3,060.11	$3,060.11	$153.01	$2,295.08

Lab Work

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Procedure	Gross	Cash Price	Insured Low	Insured High
Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP) (80053)	$2,854.2	$2,854.2	$142.71	$2,140.65
Complete Blood Count (CBC) with Differential (85025)	—	N/A	$6.53	$7.77

C-Section

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Procedure	Gross	Cash Price	Insured Low	Insured High
Cesarean Delivery (59510)	—	N/A	$365	$365

Knee Replacement

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Procedure	Gross	Cash Price	Insured Low	Insured High
Total Knee Replacement (Arthroplasty) (27447)	—	N/A	$3,092	$15,476.63

Pricing Patterns at Methodist Hospital Hill C

Methodist Hospital Hill Country shows a distinct pricing pattern where several procedures have $0 gross and cash charges but require insurance payments, including Total Knee Replacement ($3,092-$15,476.63 for insured patients) and colonoscopies ($345.58-$4,014 for insured). For procedures with listed gross charges, cash prices match the gross charges exactly with no discount, such as MRI Brain at $9,342.89 and CT Abdomen/Pelvis with Contrast at $14,859.10. Notably, cash-paying patients face the full gross charge while insured patients receive significant discounts, with some insured rates as low as 5% of the cash price for imaging studies.

Methodist Hospital Hill C vs San Antonio Hospitals

How Methodist Hospital Hill C's cash prices compare to the median across hospitals in the San Antonio area with published prices for each procedure.

Procedure	Methodist Hospital Hill C	San Antonio Median	San Antonio Range	vs Median
Echocardiogram 15 hospitals	$9,783.22	$9,605.36	$1,144.8–$9,783.22	near median
ER Visit 15 hospitals	$2,623.53	$2,623.53	$76.89–$2,623.53	near median
MRI 15 hospitals	$9,342.89	$2,743.79	$1,379.73–$9,342.89	241% above median
Chest X-ray 16 hospitals	$1,254.67	$1,254.67	$151.65–$1,254.67	near median
CT Scan 15 hospitals	$11,369.37	$11,369.37	$1,797.18–$11,369.37	near median
Ultrasound 15 hospitals	$3,060.11	$3,060.11	$654.39–$3,060.11	near median
Lab Work 15 hospitals	$2,854.2	$2,610.76	$91.74–$2,854.2	9% above median

"Cash price" is each hospital's published self-pay/discounted rate. Median is calculated across San Antonio hospitals that publish a cash price for the same procedure. Multi-code procedures use each hospital's lowest valid price as its representative value.

Understanding the Columns

Gross Charge: The chargemaster price before any discounts. Rarely what patients pay. It is primarily a starting point for insurance negotiations.

Cash/Self-Pay: The discounted rate hospitals offer to uninsured patients. Ask about financial assistance programs for further reductions.

Insured Range: Lowest to highest negotiated rates across all payers. Medicare rates are typically lowest; commercial plan rates highest.

About Facility Fees

Prices shown are facility fees only. You'll also receive separate bills from the physician performing the procedure.

Imaging procedures include a facility fee plus a radiologist's reading fee. Surgical procedures add surgeon, anesthesia, and pathology fees.

For a more complete estimate, contact the hospital's financial counselling office or your insurer to request a pre-service cost estimate that includes all expected professional fees.

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Methodist Hospital Hill Country

File updated: 2026-03-01 · Accessed by us: 2026-04-13

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