St David's South Austin Medical Center
901 WEST BEN WHITE BLVD, Austin, TX 78704
St David's South Austin Medical Center in Austin, TX has an average Medicare payment of $19,166 and a Value Score of B (67/100). Compare prices for 16 procedures. Based on CMS inpatient data.
About St David's South Austin Medical Center
On the CMS Hospital Compare scale, St David's South Austin Medical Center carries 4 stars: above the national median across the bundle of safety, mortality, and patient-experience measures the agency uses. The underlying CMS Hospital Compare measures are mostly favorable — the better-than-benchmark count exceeds the worse-than-benchmark count by a meaningful margin.
On payment metrics, St David's South Austin Medical Center runs expensive: average Medicare payment across documented procedures is $19,166, in the upper bracket of U.S. hospitals. St David's South Austin Medical Center's value rating (67/100) reflects solid quality-for-cost performance: not the absolute best on either dimension alone, but a strong combination.
St David's South Austin Medical Center is investor-owned — a proprietary hospital, the minority ownership pattern in U.S. acute care. For-profit hospitals are more concentrated in some regions (Florida, Texas, Nevada) than others. The CMS payment record for St David's South Austin Medical Center lists 16 distinct DRG codes — a mid-range procedure mix, including Vaginal Delivery without Complicating Diagnoses, Heart Failure and Shock with MCC, Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Ventilator. Emergency services are available, which is the norm for acute-care hospitals and a meaningful factor for any patient choosing a facility for unplanned care.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Hospital Compare quality measures, CMS Inpatient Payment data files.
Procedure Prices
| Procedure (DRG) | Total Payment |
|---|---|
Vaginal Delivery without Complicating Diagnoses DRG 775 · Obstetric | $5,909 |
Heart Failure and Shock with MCC DRG 291 · Cardiac | $10,519 |
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Ventilator DRG 871 · Infectious | $16,137 |
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with MCC DRG 065 · Neurological | $18,624 |
Heart Failure and Shock with CC DRG 292 · Cardiac | $11,510 |
Signs and Symptoms without MCC DRG 948 · Other | $9,363 |
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedure with Drug-Eluting Stent DRG 247 · Cardiac | $22,067 |
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without MCC DRG 690 · Renal | $8,018 |
Major Hip and Knee Joint Replacement DRG 470 · Orthopedic | $26,017 |
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with MCC DRG 193 · Respiratory | $7,959 |
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with MCC DRG 480 · Orthopedic | $22,049 |
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours DRG 208 · Respiratory | $47,370 |
Cervical Spinal Fusion without CC/MCC DRG 473 · Orthopedic | $21,722 |
Syncope and Collapse DRG 312 · Neurological | $10,909 |
Spinal Fusion (Non-Cervical) with MCC DRG 460 · Orthopedic | $55,080 |
Renal Failure with CC DRG 683 · Renal | $13,407 |
Pricing data from CMS Hospital Price Transparency. Quality ratings from CMS Hospital Compare.
How St David's South Austin Medical Center Compares
St David's South Austin Medical Center has an average Medicare payment of $19,166, 21% above the Texas state average of $15,897. That is 21% higher than the national hospital average of $15,878. Most of its procedures fall under Orthopedic, where the typical payment is $26,891 (29% below this hospital's average). Its Value Score of B (67/100) reflects a blend of price percentile, CMS quality rating, and patient outcome measures.
St David's South Austin Medical Center Cost & Quality FAQ
St David's South Austin Medical Center has an average payment of $19,166 across 16 priced procedures. Costs vary significantly by procedure, compare individual prices in the procedure table above.
St David's South Austin Medical Center has a CMS star rating of 4 out of 5. Quality measures include mortality rates, safety incidents, and readmission rates from Medicare data.
St David's South Austin Medical Center has a Value Score of B (67/100). This score combines cost efficiency, quality ratings, and patient outcomes to help compare hospitals. Proprietary facilities like this one are acute care hospitals.
Yes, St David's South Austin Medical Center offers emergency services. The hospital is located at 901 WEST BEN WHITE BLVD, Austin, TX 78704. Phone: (512) 448-7107.
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Hospital payment data reflects Medicare inpatient claims. Value Scores combine cost efficiency, CMS star ratings, and patient outcome measures. Actual out-of-pocket costs may vary based on insurance and individual circumstances.