US Health Care Costs

Dehydration and electrolyte problems in Texas

MS-DRG 641: Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes without mcc

$40,030typical hospital bill
$7,357typical amount paid
$5,126–$48,937range paid across 124 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $40,030 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$37,186$5,126
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center PlanoPlano57$28,336$5,140
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center SunnyvaleSunnyvale17$27,242$5,152
Texas Health Hospital FriscoFrisco13$28,700$5,168
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center McKinneyMc Kinney53$29,783$5,493
Houston Methodist the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands27$39,145$5,528
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center GrapevineGrapevine85$28,655$5,547
Houston Methodist Clear Lake HospitalNassau Bay24$46,697$5,551
Methodist Hospital Stone OakSan Antonio37$56,678$5,599
Longview Regional Medical CenterLongview19$44,300$5,653
Woodland Heights Medical CenterLufkin21$49,992$5,689
Nacogdoches Medical CenterNacogdoches20$72,857$5,758
Sierra Medical CenterEl Paso15$105,286$5,852
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round RockRound Rock36$30,577$5,984
Paris Regional Medical CenterParis35$23,711$5,999
Shannon Medical CenterSan Angelo56$33,497$6,076
Round Rock Medical CenterRound Rock23$50,455$6,094
Christus St Michael Health SystemTexarkana40$36,727$6,140
Bsa HospitalAmarillo73$35,266$6,159
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Marble FallsMarble Falls13$27,294$6,174
Peterson Regional Medical CenterKerrville46$24,793$6,175
Texoma Medical CenterDenison58$65,483$6,334
Hendrick Medical CenterAbilene87$54,696$6,338
St David's Medical CenterAustin37$43,389$6,346
Citizens Medical CenterVictoria32$14,473$6,355
Ascension Seton Cedar ParkCedar Park19$36,355$6,369
St Luke's the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands16$50,331$6,382
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler36$42,494$6,387
Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land35$42,247$6,415
Ascension ProvidenceWaco21$17,780$6,475
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College StatiCollege Station17$44,297$6,488
Methodist Richardson Medical CenterRichardson21$32,720$6,508
Chi St Lukes Health Memorial LufkinLufkin18$39,363$6,550
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio149$57,551$6,710
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Lake PointeRowlett41$27,548$6,722
Hendrick Medical Center BrownwoodBrownwood21$50,107$6,723
The Medical Center of Southeast TexasPort Arthur15$38,559$6,744
Guadalupe Regional Medical CenterSeguin12$9,632$6,746
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth SouthFort Worth22$39,819$6,754
United Regional Health Care SystemWichita Falls76$27,712$6,770
Ascension Seton WilliamsonRound Rock19$54,588$6,801
Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional HospitalTyler36$44,708$6,814
Chi St Joseph Health Regional HospitalBryan21$30,604$6,834
Houston Methodist West HospitalHouston20$41,388$6,845
Medical City PlanoPlano25$72,778$6,862
Hunt Regional Medical CenterGreenville26$19,957$6,867
Ut Health East Texas Athens HospitalAthens35$43,244$6,874
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital PlanoPlano38$34,630$6,890
St David's South Austin Medical CenterAustin39$48,535$6,902
De Tar Hospital NavarroVictoria17$62,760$6,941
Christus Santa Rosa Medical CenterSan Antonio48$34,114$6,953
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio62$67,417$6,971
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest FFort Worth36$37,485$7,067
Medical City WeatherfordWeatherford14$44,751$7,085
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebster32$65,974$7,089
Dallas Regional Medical CenterMesquite16$28,969$7,161
Medical City DentonDenton33$71,364$7,172
AdventHealth Central TexasKilleen16$32,456$7,185
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - CentennialFrisco21$24,208$7,206
Covenant Medical CenterLubbock16$76,866$7,249
Christus Santa Rosa Hospital-San MarcosSan Marcos12$41,977$7,277
Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalHouston29$36,935$7,347
HCA Houston Healthcare KingwoodKingwood61$86,892$7,368
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-BedfordBedford17$40,388$7,379
Medical City Dallas HospitalDallas39$77,444$7,379
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DentonDenton25$31,042$7,382
Ascension Seton HaysKyle17$40,674$7,392
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land HospitalSugar Land16$33,871$7,427
Memorial Hermann Katy HospitalKaty19$40,224$7,429
Methodist Charlton Medical CenterDallas11$56,965$7,431
The Corpus Christi Medical CenterCorpus Christi29$94,210$7,431
Huntsville Memorial HospitalHuntsville15$20,779$7,454
Laredo Medical CenterLaredo17$60,824$7,481
Medical City Fort WorthFort Worth13$54,777$7,491
Vhs Harlingen Hospital Company LLCHarlingen18$85,096$7,507
Medical Center of McKinneyMcKinney29$67,722$7,509
Midland Memorial HospitalMidland21$37,279$7,557
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- WaxahachieWaxahachie39$26,850$7,560
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital AllianceFort Worth14$33,570$7,563
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DallasDallas58$34,136$7,635
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth65$39,064$7,669
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center HillcrestWaco45$27,921$7,719
North Austin Medical CenterAustin17$43,954$7,745
Christus Southeast Texas- St ElizabethBeaumont34$35,653$7,793
Ut of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas47$29,368$7,828
Memorial Hermann Memorial City HospitalHouston16$42,592$7,852
Texas Health Arlington Memorial HospitalArlington32$32,806$7,869
Baptist Beaumont HospitalBeaumont61$44,019$7,893
Christus Good Shepherd Medical CenterLongview46$31,230$7,977
Seton Medical Center Harker HeightsHarker Heights14$29,380$8,018
Ascension Seton Medical Center AustinAustin20$54,474$8,069
North Texas Medical CenterGainesville13$22,965$8,093
HCA Houston Healthcare ConroeConroe17$63,617$8,118
The Hospitals of Providence - East CampusEl Paso22$99,632$8,162
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center at IrvingIrving38$30,064$8,298
Methodist Mansfield Medical CenterMansfield34$36,408$8,303
Baylor St Lukes Medical CenterHouston18$58,304$8,305
Houston Methodist Baytown HospitalBaytown16$48,146$8,366
Medical City AllianceFort Worth11$58,900$8,380
Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical CenterFort Worth52$31,474$8,385
Medical Center HospitalOdessa15$40,859$8,395
Las Palmas Medical Center a Campus of Lpds HealthcEl Paso13$68,467$8,406
Memorial Hermann Northeast HospitalHumble17$34,850$8,445
Northwest Texas HospitalAmarillo16$86,963$8,456
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston47$44,289$8,480
Rio Grande Regional HospitalMcAllen14$75,124$8,602
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital CleburneCleburne15$39,836$8,738
South Texas Health SystemEdinburg27$110,569$8,861
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple76$30,251$8,930
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston53$39,152$8,939
Doctors Hosptal at RenaissanceEdinburg16$28,547$8,944
Medical City ArlingtonArlington17$78,034$9,098
Ascension Seton NorthwestAustin13$31,186$9,115
HCA Houston Healthcare WestHouston16$93,510$9,361
Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi20$63,553$9,721
Baylor University Medical CenterDallas87$31,386$10,017
University of Texas Medical Branch GalvestonGalveston56$25,857$10,873
Methodist Dallas Medical CenterDallas16$40,411$10,989
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical CenterHouston25$47,218$11,432
University Medical CenterLubbock23$38,835$11,456
University Medical Center of El PasoEl Paso26$29,553$19,774
HCA Houston Healthcare NorthwestHouston14$73,887$19,836
University Health SystemSan Antonio33$34,820$20,429
Parkland Health & Hospital SystemDallas27$52,738$48,937

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.