US Health Care Costs

COPD, with major complications in Texas

MS-DRG 190: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with mcc

$49,788typical hospital bill
$9,193typical amount paid
$7,073–$120,408range paid across 89 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $49,788 for this stay in 2024, about 5.4 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
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital RockwallRockwall13$26,666$7,073
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center SunnyvaleSunnyvale12$34,371$7,193
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center PlanoPlano19$38,690$7,248
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center GrapevineGrapevine25$52,637$7,326
Ascension Seton Cedar ParkCedar Park21$66,635$7,586
Longview Regional Medical CenterLongview33$47,707$7,628
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center McKinneyMc Kinney28$48,407$7,644
Houston Methodist the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands21$55,858$7,676
Woodland Heights Medical CenterLufkin43$62,557$7,713
Methodist Richardson Medical CenterRichardson14$49,788$7,896
Paris Regional Medical CenterParis27$39,498$8,038
Christus St Michael Health SystemTexarkana52$48,901$8,168
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DallasDallas28$45,857$8,175
Guadalupe Regional Medical CenterSeguin17$29,502$8,260
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler69$62,605$8,303
Texoma Medical CenterDenison71$74,367$8,368
Wadley Regional Medical CenterTexarkana14$38,792$8,433
Christus Santa Rosa Medical CenterSan Antonio40$46,816$8,445
Citizens Medical CenterVictoria16$28,487$8,547
Hendrick Medical CenterAbilene89$75,248$8,593
Hunt Regional Medical CenterGreenville27$32,209$8,637
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio20$95,249$8,643
AdventHealth Central TexasKilleen34$30,814$8,647
Shannon Medical CenterSan Angelo19$55,790$8,700
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest FFort Worth29$53,113$8,717
Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land18$51,364$8,742
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Lake PointeRowlett31$46,101$8,771
Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional HospitalTyler34$78,568$8,796
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth36$47,062$8,802
Hendrick Medical Center BrownwoodBrownwood22$54,948$8,824
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College StatiCollege Station11$48,243$8,829
Methodist Mansfield Medical CenterMansfield24$66,891$8,847
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital PlanoPlano17$50,902$8,858
Ascension Seton WilliamsonRound Rock11$55,808$8,911
Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalHouston14$58,379$8,918
Covenant Medical CenterLubbock11$110,429$8,952
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - CentennialFrisco15$36,564$8,977
Houston Methodist West HospitalHouston16$55,546$9,013
Bsa HospitalAmarillo58$56,162$9,028
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-BedfordBedford23$39,011$9,037
The Medical Center of Southeast TexasPort Arthur18$42,196$9,045
Ut Health East Texas Athens HospitalAthens17$60,416$9,151
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round RockRound Rock28$59,590$9,167
Christus Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur SpringsSulphur Springs11$60,638$9,182
De Tar Hospital NavarroVictoria16$91,090$9,193
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio23$76,784$9,249
United Regional Health Care SystemWichita Falls75$37,648$9,289
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth SouthFort Worth68$50,725$9,306
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land HospitalSugar Land11$44,350$9,340
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebster14$139,059$9,348
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DentonDenton25$47,565$9,415
Memorial Hermann Katy HospitalKaty13$43,366$9,425
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- WaxahachieWaxahachie31$51,059$9,483
Methodist Charlton Medical CenterDallas25$52,807$9,564
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center HillcrestWaco18$39,236$9,602
Texas Health Arlington Memorial HospitalArlington20$37,662$9,602
Christus Santa Rosa Hospital-San MarcosSan Marcos24$52,293$9,763
HCA Houston Healthcare KingwoodKingwood22$104,593$9,772
Laredo Medical CenterLaredo14$67,730$9,928
Navarro Regional HospitalCorsicana13$63,452$9,951
Seton Medical Center Harker HeightsHarker Heights12$32,194$9,990
Baptist Beaumont HospitalBeaumont51$60,359$9,997
Christus Good Shepherd Medical CenterLongview40$43,166$10,019
Christus Southeast Texas- St ElizabethBeaumont49$53,741$10,021
Ut of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas23$42,625$10,258
Memorial Hermann Memorial City HospitalHouston16$39,968$10,277
Midland Memorial HospitalMidland27$51,386$10,278
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center at IrvingIrving32$48,920$10,583
Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical CenterFort Worth30$41,405$10,614
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston56$42,988$10,656
Medical Center HospitalOdessa26$31,827$10,752
Memorial Hermann Northeast HospitalHumble15$44,341$10,794
Northwest Texas HospitalAmarillo13$82,895$10,956
Huntsville Memorial HospitalHuntsville13$34,968$11,001
Palo Pinto General HospitalMineral Wells14$29,336$11,096
Medical Center of McKinneyMcKinney13$78,934$11,381
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple30$58,703$11,760
Baylor University Medical CenterDallas35$33,030$11,797
Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi13$53,766$12,104
Methodist Dallas Medical CenterDallas17$43,264$12,809
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston27$98,455$13,151
University of Texas Medical Branch GalvestonGalveston36$41,098$13,846
Hill Country Memorial HospitalFredericksburg18$81,000$14,102
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical CenterHouston14$36,519$14,678
University Medical Center of El PasoEl Paso13$34,932$25,163
University Health SystemSan Antonio15$55,615$25,175
Jps Health NetworkFort Worth13$49,580$37,448
Parkland Health & Hospital SystemDallas25$67,473$48,267
Harris HealthHouston18$30,617$120,408

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.