US Health Care Costs

Diabetes, with complications in Texas

MS-DRG 638: Diabetes with cc

$44,843typical hospital bill
$8,419typical amount paid
$6,128–$127,285range paid across 82 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $44,843 for this stay in 2024, about 5.3 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
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center PlanoPlano15$26,804$6,128
Methodist Hospital Stone OakSan Antonio25$55,381$6,497
Houston Methodist the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands14$50,909$6,501
Houston Methodist Clear Lake HospitalNassau Bay14$50,795$6,675
Paris Regional Medical CenterParis20$22,880$6,691
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center McKinneyMc Kinney15$33,592$6,774
Shannon Medical CenterSan Angelo29$40,891$6,872
Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land25$47,448$7,026
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center GrapevineGrapevine25$31,384$7,155
Citizens Medical CenterVictoria35$18,522$7,160
Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional HospitalTyler15$58,957$7,358
Texoma Medical CenterDenison24$61,413$7,414
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest FFort Worth16$36,168$7,447
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler27$52,973$7,478
Chi St Lukes Health Memorial LufkinLufkin17$48,604$7,493
Medical City PlanoPlano12$66,453$7,504
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Lake PointeRowlett13$30,666$7,530
Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalHouston16$47,558$7,536
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College StatiCollege Station17$33,986$7,620
Hunt Regional Medical CenterGreenville13$21,895$7,644
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio44$84,326$7,645
Hendrick Medical CenterAbilene31$57,909$7,664
Christus Santa Rosa Medical CenterSan Antonio41$37,415$7,680
St David's Medical CenterAustin15$50,083$7,683
St David's South Austin Medical CenterAustin20$45,242$7,711
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio84$55,797$7,717
Ascension Seton HaysKyle12$50,012$7,779
Houston Methodist West HospitalHouston15$43,022$7,789
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- WaxahachieWaxahachie18$28,596$7,801
Medical City Dallas HospitalDallas16$86,966$7,840
Covenant Medical CenterLubbock11$75,118$7,845
St Luke's the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands14$46,109$7,878
Chi St Joseph Health Regional HospitalBryan29$50,125$7,906
Ascension ProvidenceWaco14$21,476$7,917
Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical CenterFort Worth22$27,940$8,133
Bsa HospitalAmarillo22$39,027$8,157
Medical Center of McKinneyMcKinney20$63,052$8,203
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebster25$83,819$8,283
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital PlanoPlano12$31,718$8,290
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DallasDallas25$35,011$8,355
Vhs Harlingen Hospital Company LLCHarlingen13$105,743$8,411
Medical City WeatherfordWeatherford14$61,273$8,428
HCA Houston Healthcare KingwoodKingwood36$92,364$8,435
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth34$31,884$8,447
Laredo Medical CenterLaredo21$64,940$8,466
United Regional Health Care SystemWichita Falls44$33,270$8,480
Ascension Seton Medical Center AustinAustin14$57,437$8,496
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth SouthFort Worth11$40,525$8,524
Baptist Beaumont HospitalBeaumont18$43,149$8,753
North Austin Medical CenterAustin29$50,444$8,764
Christus Good Shepherd Medical CenterLongview13$36,435$8,827
Memorial Hermann Katy HospitalKaty16$36,775$8,863
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center HillcrestWaco17$25,223$8,872
Methodist Charlton Medical CenterDallas13$46,563$8,875
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center at IrvingIrving20$31,640$8,999
Medical City ArlingtonArlington13$67,714$9,045
Memorial Hermann Memorial City HospitalHouston14$43,188$9,045
Medical City DentonDenton25$96,091$9,075
Midland Memorial HospitalMidland16$58,123$9,175
HCA Houston Healthcare ConroeConroe11$61,732$9,191
Houston Methodist Baytown HospitalBaytown15$69,225$9,263
Medical Center HospitalOdessa21$29,505$9,308
Ut of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas31$27,775$9,359
Christus St Michael Health SystemTexarkana22$67,674$9,393
Las Palmas Medical Center a Campus of Lpds HealthcEl Paso15$89,043$9,449
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston37$52,835$9,568
Medical City North HillsNorth Richland Hills15$74,709$9,591
Christus Southeast Texas- St ElizabethBeaumont22$38,992$9,667
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston71$40,811$9,712
South Texas Health SystemEdinburg19$132,521$10,013
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-BedfordBedford13$32,317$10,035
Baylor University Medical CenterDallas33$29,492$10,093
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple43$35,082$10,571
Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi19$50,101$10,772
Methodist Dallas Medical CenterDallas18$33,237$11,231
University of Texas Medical Branch GalvestonGalveston21$23,768$11,735
University Medical CenterLubbock18$44,444$11,826
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical CenterHouston21$49,678$13,072
University Health SystemSan Antonio12$39,150$22,423
Jps Health NetworkFort Worth15$31,209$38,425
Parkland Health & Hospital SystemDallas20$44,359$47,233
Harris HealthHouston14$19,473$127,285

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.