US Health Care Costs

Skin infection (cellulitis) in Texas

MS-DRG 603: Cellulitis without mcc

$35,944typical hospital bill
$7,918typical amount paid
$5,564–$38,967range paid across 108 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $35,944 for this stay in 2024, about 4.5 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Baptist Neighborhood Hospital Thousand OaksSan Antonio11$57,021$5,564
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital RockwallRockwall18$26,011$5,773
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center PlanoPlano51$23,391$5,875
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower MoundFlower Mound15$29,449$6,016
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center GrapevineGrapevine58$23,702$6,029
St Luke's Patients Medical CenterPasadena16$46,899$6,189
Houston Methodist the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands45$46,719$6,199
Houston Methodist Clear Lake HospitalNassau Bay20$32,998$6,215
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round RockRound Rock17$24,006$6,282
Carrollton Regional Medical CenterCarrollton11$22,771$6,350
Woodland Heights Medical CenterLufkin11$54,086$6,389
Methodist Hospital Stone OakSan Antonio23$38,387$6,453
Nacogdoches Medical CenterNacogdoches20$84,342$6,505
Texas Health Hospital FriscoFrisco12$31,869$6,541
Paris Regional Medical CenterParis20$26,745$6,541
Shannon Medical CenterSan Angelo26$33,931$6,780
St David's Medical CenterAustin35$47,937$6,857
Texoma Medical CenterDenison29$61,051$6,860
Bsa HospitalAmarillo40$44,313$6,889
Christus St Michael Health SystemTexarkana38$39,883$6,912
Hendrick Medical CenterAbilene68$55,116$6,986
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler56$49,451$7,000
Hendrick Medical Center BrownwoodBrownwood14$48,986$7,024
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Marble FallsMarble Falls11$25,292$7,029
Citizens Medical CenterVictoria27$16,243$7,034
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center McKinneyMc Kinney29$27,541$7,057
Methodist Mansfield Medical CenterMansfield18$33,472$7,088
Peterson Regional Medical CenterKerrville24$25,610$7,109
Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land42$40,499$7,129
Methodist Richardson Medical CenterRichardson17$30,857$7,203
Methodist Charlton Medical CenterDallas15$31,359$7,320
Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalHouston42$42,053$7,348
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College StatiCollege Station20$25,114$7,358
Ascension ProvidenceWaco15$19,984$7,424
Medical Center of McKinneyMcKinney13$57,298$7,431
Ascension Seton WilliamsonRound Rock20$59,345$7,473
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth SouthFort Worth14$33,994$7,483
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- WaxahachieWaxahachie20$22,942$7,519
Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional HospitalTyler31$48,277$7,547
Christus Santa Rosa Medical CenterSan Antonio45$29,582$7,582
Chi St Joseph Health Regional HospitalBryan22$35,920$7,594
Vhs Harlingen Hospital Company LLCHarlingen15$72,024$7,597
Ut Health East Texas Athens HospitalAthens12$42,256$7,608
Covenant Medical CenterLubbock22$75,547$7,663
Houston Methodist West HospitalHouston35$40,325$7,665
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio83$46,041$7,690
Mission Regional Medical CenterMission15$26,776$7,699
Medical City DentonDenton32$68,680$7,716
Hunt Regional Medical CenterGreenville16$21,724$7,721
Ascension Seton HaysKyle19$41,016$7,771
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio46$77,073$7,810
North Austin Medical CenterAustin32$48,857$7,824
Ascension Seton Cedar ParkCedar Park13$44,353$7,870
AdventHealth Central TexasKilleen15$23,299$7,874
Christus Santa Rosa Hospital-San MarcosSan Marcos12$40,020$7,962
Christus Good Shepherd Medical CenterLongview28$39,050$7,971
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth62$34,816$8,007
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DentonDenton61$29,548$8,014
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest FFort Worth44$28,799$8,059
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital AllenAllen17$22,125$8,067
Medical City PlanoPlano23$57,212$8,081
Memorial Hermann Katy HospitalKaty17$33,474$8,093
Huntsville Memorial HospitalHuntsville18$22,133$8,117
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital PlanoPlano53$33,620$8,127
Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical CenterFort Worth36$25,106$8,129
St Luke's the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands26$34,440$8,186
Midland Memorial HospitalMidland13$30,336$8,241
United Regional Health Care SystemWichita Falls52$33,455$8,249
HCA Houston Healthcare KingwoodKingwood31$83,435$8,270
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DallasDallas57$32,189$8,273
St David's South Austin Medical CenterAustin24$50,811$8,310
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-BedfordBedford41$30,810$8,337
The Corpus Christi Medical CenterCorpus Christi24$112,088$8,345
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebster28$61,082$8,388
Hill Country Memorial HospitalFredericksburg15$37,856$8,478
Baptist Beaumont HospitalBeaumont12$37,000$8,605
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Lake PointeRowlett23$27,129$8,619
HCA Houston Healthcare TomballTomball14$83,582$8,646
De Tar Hospital NavarroVictoria13$100,209$8,718
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center HillcrestWaco13$24,658$8,793
Laredo Medical CenterLaredo11$50,440$8,797
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital AllianceFort Worth14$29,985$8,922
Houston Methodist Baytown HospitalBaytown25$46,794$8,950
Ascension Seton Medical Center AustinAustin24$35,967$9,041
Ut of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas48$26,726$9,060
South Texas Health SystemEdinburg15$118,499$9,070
Memorial Hermann Memorial City HospitalHouston25$32,674$9,098
Christus Southeast Texas- St ElizabethBeaumont19$39,073$9,128
Memorial Hermann Northeast HospitalHumble12$36,731$9,180
Texas Health Arlington Memorial HospitalArlington20$31,980$9,198
HCA Houston Healthcare ConroeConroe18$79,300$9,262
Medical Center HospitalOdessa22$26,873$9,350
Baylor St Lukes Medical CenterHouston12$34,634$9,376
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston93$46,844$9,451
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center at IrvingIrving19$25,890$9,485
Northwest Texas HospitalAmarillo13$89,017$9,525
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston99$39,961$9,701
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple46$27,258$9,793
Baylor University Medical CenterDallas42$26,007$10,280
Medical City Dallas HospitalDallas23$101,386$10,409
Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi18$57,106$10,809
University of Texas Medical Branch GalvestonGalveston41$23,402$11,788
Methodist Dallas Medical CenterDallas16$32,937$12,279
University Medical CenterLubbock25$38,211$12,463
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical CenterHouston25$37,077$13,038
University Health SystemSan Antonio39$37,652$21,046
University Medical Center of El PasoEl Paso11$27,845$21,234
Jps Health NetworkFort Worth18$27,418$38,967

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.