US Health Care Costs

Infection needing surgery, with major complications in Texas

MS-DRG 853: Infectious and parasitic diseases with o.r. procedures with mcc

$231,037typical hospital bill
$36,917typical amount paid
$25,098–$153,382range paid across 134 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $231,037 for this stay in 2024, about 6.3 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
Ascension Seton Cedar ParkCedar Park23$176,245$25,098
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital RockwallRockwall12$102,456$26,711
Resolute Health HospitalNew Braunfels14$250,863$27,105
Christus Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur SpringsSulphur Springs14$151,246$27,443
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital AllianceFort Worth15$125,945$30,226
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital AllenAllen11$95,198$30,445
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler122$250,232$30,531
Woodland Heights Medical CenterLufkin20$271,745$30,553
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- WaxahachieWaxahachie19$104,448$30,822
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center SunnyvaleSunnyvale14$132,096$31,116
De Tar Hospital NavarroVictoria20$349,545$31,427
Nacogdoches Medical CenterNacogdoches32$389,590$31,816
Citizens Medical CenterVictoria17$108,781$31,844
Christus Santa Rosa Hospital-San MarcosSan Marcos12$237,618$32,161
Hunt Regional Medical CenterGreenville22$104,813$32,214
Chi St Lukes Health Memorial LufkinLufkin19$154,558$32,442
Wadley Regional Medical CenterTexarkana12$118,914$32,447
Medical City North HillsNorth Richland Hills11$239,117$32,483
Harlingen Medical CenterHarlingen31$182,336$32,594
Houston Methodist West HospitalHouston47$199,879$32,730
Christus Good Shepherd Medical CenterLongview77$190,436$32,748
Houston Methodist the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands51$220,292$33,049
Bsa HospitalAmarillo106$181,713$33,347
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - CentennialFrisco14$136,634$33,379
Seton Medical Center Harker HeightsHarker Heights12$115,338$33,433
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Lake PointeRowlett32$118,876$33,499
Methodist Hospital Stone OakSan Antonio47$319,991$33,545
Fort Duncan Medical CenterEagle Pass16$260,476$33,647
Christus Santa Rosa Medical CenterSan Antonio107$178,099$33,742
North Austin Medical CenterAustin39$346,697$33,778
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital PlanoPlano45$143,530$33,783
Medical Center HospitalOdessa66$105,067$34,199
Ascension Seton WilliamsonRound Rock31$305,564$34,214
Ascension ProvidenceWaco38$99,760$34,233
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round RockRound Rock49$119,832$34,313
Christus St Michael Health SystemTexarkana74$207,069$34,481
Dallas Regional Medical CenterMesquite26$211,929$34,563
Round Rock Medical CenterRound Rock42$300,314$34,591
Longview Regional Medical CenterLongview31$455,398$34,619
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest FFort Worth27$119,572$34,826
Ascension Seton HaysKyle26$296,445$34,844
HCA Houston Healthcare TomballTomball16$509,695$34,862
Doctors Hospital of LaredoLaredo32$250,085$34,900
Valley Baptist Medical Center- BrownsvilleBrownsville18$439,675$34,913
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center PlanoPlano33$119,369$35,016
Medical City DentonDenton32$499,402$35,154
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DallasDallas51$173,112$35,214
Hendrick Medical Center BrownwoodBrownwood17$159,811$35,254
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio158$412,154$35,408
The Hospitals of Providence Transmountain CampusEl Paso29$397,666$35,490
Chi St Joseph Health Regional HospitalBryan42$185,202$35,529
Mission Regional Medical CenterMission16$251,373$35,751
St Luke's the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands19$228,201$35,825
Valley Regional Medical CenterBrownsville19$474,341$35,996
The Corpus Christi Medical CenterCorpus Christi64$499,052$36,010
Medical City PlanoPlano82$570,532$36,022
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth SouthFort Worth33$233,173$36,036
St Luke's Hospital at the VintageHouston14$204,522$36,046
Midland Memorial HospitalMidland28$161,668$36,136
Paris Regional Medical CenterParis19$140,853$36,140
Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi76$230,857$36,315
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center at IrvingIrving31$139,942$36,367
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center McKinneyMc Kinney23$163,304$36,407
Sierra Medical CenterEl Paso20$524,112$36,581
Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land70$247,315$36,718
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College StatiCollege Station32$142,636$36,820
Medical Center of McKinneyMcKinney43$420,015$36,842
Covenant Medical CenterLubbock95$391,921$36,991
The Hospitals of Providence - Memorial CampusEl Paso18$505,866$37,005
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth114$173,985$37,052
Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional HospitalTyler75$296,866$37,107
Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalHouston92$271,549$37,307
Shannon Medical CenterSan Angelo69$193,988$37,433
Texoma Medical CenterDenison85$299,612$37,474
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DentonDenton33$163,482$37,550
Houston Methodist Clear Lake HospitalNassau Bay30$286,908$37,597
South Texas Health SystemEdinburg47$521,335$37,648
HCA Houston Healthcare WestHouston20$388,392$37,993
Vhs Harlingen Hospital Company LLCHarlingen38$495,431$38,098
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio205$367,558$38,727
Northwest Texas HospitalAmarillo68$353,375$38,967
Baptist Beaumont HospitalBeaumont33$288,381$39,056
The Hospitals of Providence - East CampusEl Paso28$581,621$39,196
St David's Medical CenterAustin52$375,836$39,419
Christus Southeast Texas- St ElizabethBeaumont42$218,718$39,498
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land HospitalSugar Land27$160,188$39,636
HCA Houston Healthcare ConroeConroe25$557,268$39,697
Hendrick Medical CenterAbilene67$331,019$39,905
Memorial Hermann Northeast HospitalHumble36$147,814$40,050
Medical City ArlingtonArlington45$487,983$40,264
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center GrapevineGrapevine30$160,052$40,287
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center HillcrestWaco37$113,082$40,392
Laredo Medical CenterLaredo41$325,151$40,494
Memorial Hermann Katy HospitalKaty33$182,568$40,518
Las Palmas Medical Center a Campus of Lpds HealthcEl Paso52$433,185$40,786
Memorial Hermann Memorial City HospitalHouston48$172,012$40,904
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebster69$534,258$41,005
Methodist Mansfield Medical CenterMansfield37$205,037$41,978
HCA Houston Healthcare SoutheastPasadena24$442,094$42,040
Medical City WeatherfordWeatherford21$369,526$42,142
Knapp Medical CenterWeslaco22$297,942$42,250
Houston Methodist Baytown HospitalBaytown54$293,770$43,134
Texas Health Hospital FriscoFrisco17$163,006$43,561
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-BedfordBedford40$179,053$43,848
Rio Grande Regional HospitalMcAllen21$381,114$44,026
Methodist Charlton Medical CenterDallas57$236,265$44,146
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston229$195,925$44,196
Medical City Fort WorthFort Worth31$480,418$44,286
HCA Houston Healthcare KingwoodKingwood102$596,799$44,291
United Regional Health Care SystemWichita Falls38$114,495$44,328
University Medical CenterLubbock34$231,217$45,596
Methodist Richardson Medical CenterRichardson56$231,792$46,136
St David's South Austin Medical CenterAustin57$397,509$46,459
Doctors Hosptal at RenaissanceEdinburg34$201,739$46,540
Ascension Seton Medical Center AustinAustin36$320,653$46,621
Baylor Scott & White the Heart Hospital PlanoPlano11$223,623$47,278
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple78$170,012$48,982
HCA Houston Healthcare NorthwestHouston20$754,985$49,842
Methodist Dallas Medical CenterDallas44$170,824$50,050
St Luke's Sugar Land HospitalSugar Land17$230,140$50,290
University Medical Center of El PasoEl Paso19$139,173$50,442
Baylor University Medical CenterDallas88$200,059$50,676
Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical CenterFort Worth33$210,583$54,167
Ut of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas90$216,883$56,483
University of Texas Medical Branch GalvestonGalveston62$193,437$58,130
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical CenterHouston69$341,990$59,278
Medical City Dallas HospitalDallas33$914,600$62,461
Baylor St Lukes Medical CenterHouston48$335,192$64,277
Dell Seton Med Center at the University of TxAustin14$354,547$64,345
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston118$488,974$73,944
University Health SystemSan Antonio73$226,905$75,834
Jps Health NetworkFort Worth38$192,591$78,258
Parkland Health & Hospital SystemDallas32$295,662$95,692
Harris HealthHouston16$111,603$153,382

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.