DRG 519 · Musculoskeletal

Back & Neck Surgery (Non-Fusion) Cost in Texas — Compare All Hospitals

Surgery on the back or neck other than spinal fusion, such as removing a herniated disc or relieving pressure on spinal nerves. The stay covers the operation, pain control, and early recovery.

State average
$69,524
gross charge · DRG 519
Hospitals
16
with published pricing
Price range
$13,214 – $105,112
low to high
Lowest $13,214 Highest $105,112

16 Texas hospitals publish gross charges for back & neck surgery (non-fusion) (DRG 519). Prices range from $13,214 to $105,112 — roughly $91,898 apart. The cheapest is Doctors Hosptal at Renaissance in Edinburg; the most expensive is UTMB Health - University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in Galveston. The state average sits at $69,524.

The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of back & neck surgery (non-fusion). Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists back & neck surgery (non-fusion) at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling back & neck surgery (non-fusion) in Texas, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.

Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Texas hospitals missing from the list either don't perform back & neck surgery (non-fusion) in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 519 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Doctors Hosptal at Renaissance

    Edinburg, TX

    Gross charge $13,214
  2. 2

    Wilson N Jones Regional Medical Center

    Sherman, TX

    Gross charge $19,187
    Cash pay $5,756
  3. 3

    Oakbend Medical Center

    Richmond, TX

    Gross charge $28,749
    Cash pay $5,750
  4. 4

    United Regional Health Care System

    Wichita Falls, TX

    Gross charge $53,788
    Cash pay $51,098
  5. 5

    Methodist Hospital for Surgery

    Addison, TX

    Gross charge $63,695
    Cash pay $38,217
  6. 6

    Paris Regional Health

    Paris, TX

    Gross charge $76,328
    Cash pay $26,715
  7. 7

    Methodist Dallas Medical Center

    Dallas, TX

    Gross charge $79,247
    Cash pay $39,623
  8. 8

    Methodist Richardson Medical Center

    Richardson, TX

    Gross charge $79,247
    Cash pay $39,623
  9. 9

    Methodist Charlton Medical Center

    Dallas, TX

    Gross charge $79,247
    Cash pay $39,623
  10. 10

    Methodist Mansfield Medical Center

    Mansfield, TX

    Gross charge $79,247
    Cash pay $39,623
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    Gross charge $79,247
    Cash pay $39,623
  12. 12

    Methodist Midlothian Medical Center

    Midlothian, TX

    Gross charge $79,247
    Cash pay $39,623
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    Gross charge $79,247
    Cash pay $39,623
  14. 14

    Parkland Health & Hospital System

    Dallas, TX

    Gross charge $98,688
    Cash pay $39,475
  15. 15

    Midland Memorial Hospital

    Midland, TX

    Gross charge $98,902
    Cash pay $24,725
  16. 16
    Gross charge $105,112
    Cash pay $35,601
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    Medicare pays (avg) $13,859
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    University Medical Center of El Paso

    El Paso, TX

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    Laredo Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Laredo, TX

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    Covenant Medical Center

    Lubbock, TX

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    Ascension Providence Hospital

    Waco, TX

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  22. 22

    Ut of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.

    Dallas, TX

    18 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $11,123
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    Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin

    Austin, TX

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    Medical City North Hills

    North Richland Hills, TX

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  28. 28

    HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast (Acute Care)

    Pasadena, TX

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    Medical Center Hospital

    Odessa, TX

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    Methodist Hospital Atascosa

    Jourdanton, TX

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  36. 36

    Medical City Weatherford

    Weatherford, TX

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  37. 37

    Northwest Texas Healthcare System

    Amarillo, TX

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  38. 38

    University Health University Hospital

    San Antonio, TX

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  39. 39

    HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe

    Conroe, TX

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  40. 40

    Hendrick Medical Center

    Abilene, TX

    13 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $13,657
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    Faith Community Hospital

    Jacksboro, TX

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    Harris Health

    Houston, TX

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    Methodist Hospital

    San Antonio, TX

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    St David's Medical Center

    Austin, TX

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  47. 47

    Navarro Regional Hospital

    Corsicana, TX

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  48. 48

    Matagorda Regional Medical Center

    Bay City, TX

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  49. 49

    Woodland Heights Medical Center

    Lufkin, TX

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  50. 50

    Covenant Hospital Plainview

    Plainview, TX

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  51. 51

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Grapevine

    Grapevine, TX

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  52. 52

    Shannon Medical Center

    San Angelo, TX

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  53. 53

    Hendrick Medical Center Brownwood

    Brownwood, TX

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  54. 54

    Lake Granbury Medical Center

    Granbury, TX

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  55. 55

    HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake

    Webster, TX

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  56. 56

    HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest

    Houston, TX

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  57. 57

    Doctors Hospital of Laredo

    Laredo, TX

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  58. 58

    Freestone Medical Center

    Fairfield, TX

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  59. 59

    Medical City Lewisville (Acute Care)

    Lewisville, TX

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    HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball

    Tomball, TX

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  62. 62

    Womans Hospital of Texas,the

    Houston, TX

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  63. 63

    Medical City Arlington

    Arlington, TX

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  64. 64

    Dallas Regional Medical Center

    Mesquite, TX

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    Cash pay $18,238
  65. 65

    Longview Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Longview, TX

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  66. 66

    Rio Grande Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Mcallen, TX

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  67. 67

    St David's South Austin Medical Center

    Austin, TX

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  68. 68
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  70. 70

    Corpus Christi Medical Center,the

    Corpus Christi, TX

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  71. 71

    Texas Orthopedic Hospital

    Houston, TX

    18 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $11,739
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    Medical City Las Colinas

    Irving, TX

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    Harlingen Medical Center

    Harlingen, TX

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    Cash pay $19,129
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    St Luke's the Woodlands Hospital

    The Woodlands, TX

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  80. 80

    BSW Texas Spine & Joint Hospital

    Tyler, TX

    18 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $10,740
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    Ascension Seton Northwest Hospital

    Austin, TX

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    Lubbock Heart Surgery

    Lubbock, TX

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    Ascension Seton Highland Lakes

    Burnet, TX

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    Ascension Seton Williamson Hospital

    Round Rock, TX

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  104. 104

    Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital

    Cedar Park, TX

    Gross charge —
  105. 105
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  106. 106

    St Luke's Sugar Land Hospital

    Sugar Land, TX

    Gross charge —
  107. 107

    Ascension Seton Hays

    Kyle, TX

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  108. 108
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    St Luke's Hospital at the Vintage

    Houston, TX

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  112. 112

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - McKinney

    Mc Kinney, TX

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  113. 113

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - College Station

    College Station, TX

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  114. 114

    Medical City Alliance

    Fort Worth, TX

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  115. 115

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Marble Falls

    Marble Falls, TX

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    Texas Health Hospital Mansfield

    Mansfield, TX

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  120. 120

    Jps Health Network

    Fort Worth, TX

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  121. 121

    North Texas Medical Center

    Gainesville, TX

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  122. 122

    South Texas Health System

    Edinburg, TX

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  123. 123

    Medical City Denton

    Denton, TX

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  124. 124

    HCA Houston Healthcare West

    Houston, TX

    Gross charge —
  125. 125

    Medical City Plano

    Plano, TX

    24 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $12,042
  126. 126

    University Medical Center

    Lubbock, TX

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  127. 127

    Palestine Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Palestine, TX

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  128. 128
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  129. 129

    Mc Camey Hospital

    Mccamey, TX

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  130. 130
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  132. 132

    CHRISTUS Outpatient Pavilion St. Elizabeth

    Beaumont, TX

    Gross charge —
  133. 133

    Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi

    Corpus Christi, TX

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  134. 134

    CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital - Beeville

    Beeville, TX

    Gross charge —
  135. 135

    CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital - Tyler

    Tyler, TX

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  136. 136

    DeTar Hospital Navarro

    Victoria, TX

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  137. 137

    CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital - Kleberg

    Kingsville, TX

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  138. 138
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    Christus Santa Rosa Medical Center

    San Antonio, TX

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  141. 141

    CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - San Marcos

    San Marcos, TX

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  143. 143

    Christus St Michael Health System (Acute Care)

    Texarkana, TX

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  144. 144

    CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital - Alice

    Alice, TX

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  145. 145
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  148. 148

    St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital - The Woodlands, TX

    The Woodlands, TX

    15 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $11,906
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    Texas Health Hospital Frisco

    Frisco, TX

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  150. 150

    HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland

    Pearland, TX

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    Christus Jasper Memorial Hospital

    Jasper, TX

    Gross charge —
  153. 153

    Methodist Hospital Stone Oak

    San Antonio, TX

    37 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $10,836

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