US Health Care Costs

Kidney failure, with complications in Texas

MS-DRG 683: Renal failure with cc

$45,548typical hospital bill
$8,099typical amount paid
$5,352–$47,652range paid across 136 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $45,548 for this stay in 2024, about 5.6 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 Hospital FriscoFrisco18$34,139$5,352
Resolute Health HospitalNew Braunfels28$63,909$5,836
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center SunnyvaleSunnyvale19$30,635$6,088
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center PlanoPlano42$27,977$6,126
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital RockwallRockwall33$32,674$6,220
Longview Regional Medical CenterLongview33$47,450$6,290
Houston Methodist Clear Lake HospitalNassau Bay45$48,285$6,386
Woodland Heights Medical CenterLufkin15$47,349$6,496
Methodist Hospital Stone OakSan Antonio52$56,504$6,509
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center GrapevineGrapevine50$27,575$6,532
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center McKinneyMc Kinney54$31,639$6,543
Nacogdoches Medical CenterNacogdoches13$84,666$6,543
Sierra Medical CenterEl Paso12$94,561$6,577
Paris Regional Medical CenterParis46$26,142$6,600
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower MoundFlower Mound19$33,626$6,745
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - CentennialFrisco13$31,553$6,788
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round RockRound Rock42$28,624$6,819
Shannon Medical CenterSan Angelo58$32,908$6,833
Texoma Medical CenterDenison55$71,480$6,872
Peterson Regional Medical CenterKerrville30$24,263$6,887
Citizens Medical CenterVictoria23$19,872$7,006
Ascension ProvidenceWaco36$25,035$7,040
Hendrick Medical CenterAbilene85$60,621$7,103
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler74$46,887$7,103
Houston Methodist the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands53$48,194$7,154
Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land70$46,166$7,176
Bsa HospitalAmarillo65$38,206$7,187
St David's Medical CenterAustin38$53,540$7,200
Guadalupe Regional Medical CenterSeguin22$15,609$7,229
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College StatiCollege Station21$32,828$7,313
De Tar Hospital NavarroVictoria32$90,331$7,379
Methodist Richardson Medical CenterRichardson28$50,142$7,405
HCA Houston Healthcare Medical CenterHouston15$111,848$7,434
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio216$57,776$7,441
Hunt Regional Medical CenterGreenville33$22,111$7,542
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio108$82,458$7,549
Hendrick Medical Center BrownwoodBrownwood15$52,030$7,550
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital AllenAllen40$32,433$7,555
Chi St Joseph Health Regional HospitalBryan47$37,941$7,571
Ascension Seton WilliamsonRound Rock22$51,619$7,578
The Hospitals of Providence - East CampusEl Paso18$105,050$7,579
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Lake PointeRowlett32$28,899$7,599
St Luke's the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands17$48,412$7,618
Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalHouston58$43,537$7,626
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- WaxahachieWaxahachie44$32,537$7,632
Ut Health East Texas Athens HospitalAthens19$53,231$7,652
Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional HospitalTyler55$50,374$7,654
The Hospitals of Providence - Memorial CampusEl Paso13$93,324$7,662
Lake Granbury Medical CenterGranbury18$65,913$7,666
Medical City PlanoPlano45$79,303$7,704
United Regional Health Care SystemWichita Falls105$29,452$7,719
Ascension Seton HaysKyle17$47,464$7,732
Christus Santa Rosa Medical CenterSan Antonio82$35,280$7,748
Christus St Michael Health SystemTexarkana56$35,181$7,751
Mission Regional Medical CenterMission14$28,125$7,752
Medical Center of McKinneyMcKinney40$77,646$7,756
Chi St Lukes Health Memorial LufkinLufkin53$38,400$7,761
Christus Santa Rosa Hospital-San MarcosSan Marcos16$35,598$7,772
Vhs Harlingen Hospital Company LLCHarlingen16$106,657$7,775
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest FFort Worth72$38,834$7,909
AdventHealth Central TexasKilleen19$26,917$7,937
North Austin Medical CenterAustin28$48,805$7,968
Houston Methodist West HospitalHouston48$39,155$8,024
Memorial Hermann Katy HospitalKaty36$34,524$8,029
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth SouthFort Worth23$31,036$8,043
Valley Regional Medical CenterBrownsville14$70,510$8,046
Medical City AllianceFort Worth11$66,263$8,058
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DallasDallas68$36,021$8,064
Covenant Medical CenterLubbock64$105,547$8,133
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebster74$73,643$8,134
Chi St Luke's Health BrazosportLake Jackson16$44,446$8,153
Christus Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur SpringsSulphur Springs15$54,600$8,159
Round Rock Medical CenterRound Rock30$61,781$8,185
Medical City LewisvilleLewisville13$85,522$8,195
St David's South Austin Medical CenterAustin68$57,823$8,247
Methodist Mansfield Medical CenterMansfield26$38,965$8,286
HCA Houston Healthcare KingwoodKingwood105$89,779$8,342
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DentonDenton45$31,703$8,350
Baptist Beaumont HospitalBeaumont44$45,484$8,358
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth105$40,563$8,377
HCA Houston Healthcare PearlandPearland16$63,121$8,397
Seton Medical Center Harker HeightsHarker Heights17$28,903$8,401
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital AllianceFort Worth37$31,943$8,401
Christus Southeast Texas- St ElizabethBeaumont56$34,529$8,417
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center HillcrestWaco31$27,918$8,418
Medical City WeatherfordWeatherford30$55,692$8,430
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital PlanoPlano51$35,539$8,437
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land HospitalSugar Land16$40,684$8,477
Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical CenterFort Worth57$34,520$8,497
Medical City DentonDenton47$71,530$8,533
Doctors Hospital of LaredoLaredo11$74,543$8,539
Texas Health Arlington Memorial HospitalArlington42$31,753$8,598
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital CleburneCleburne14$39,600$8,600
HCA Houston Healthcare TomballTomball13$72,248$8,718
Christus Good Shepherd Medical CenterLongview69$36,520$8,726
Memorial Hermann Memorial City HospitalHouston26$36,276$8,729
Medical City Dallas HospitalDallas39$90,823$8,729
The Hospitals of Providence Transmountain CampusEl Paso17$72,880$8,732
HCA Houston Healthcare ConroeConroe33$80,646$8,819
Ascension Seton Medical Center AustinAustin21$67,425$8,892
Baylor St Lukes Medical CenterHouston30$53,224$8,894
Medical City Fort WorthFort Worth18$63,037$8,898
Ut of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas77$30,366$8,907
Methodist Charlton Medical CenterDallas24$43,314$8,919
Medical Center HospitalOdessa22$29,148$8,944
Houston Methodist Baytown HospitalBaytown46$44,266$8,959
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-BedfordBedford38$40,765$9,096
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center at IrvingIrving23$35,510$9,183
Rio Grande Regional HospitalMcAllen18$79,519$9,233
Medical City North HillsNorth Richland Hills22$56,192$9,373
Northwest Texas HospitalAmarillo23$75,055$9,389
Knapp Medical CenterWeslaco13$31,310$9,400
Las Palmas Medical Center a Campus of Lpds HealthcEl Paso20$77,624$9,524
Memorial Hermann Northeast HospitalHumble30$46,965$9,536
The Corpus Christi Medical CenterCorpus Christi48$99,144$9,584
South Texas Health SystemEdinburg20$90,649$9,594
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston110$53,416$9,791
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston95$41,458$9,818
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple70$32,951$9,823
Medical City ArlingtonArlington24$84,310$9,846
Doctors Hosptal at RenaissanceEdinburg22$41,834$9,893
Laredo Medical CenterLaredo27$52,521$10,314
HCA Houston Healthcare WestHouston22$83,372$10,359
Baylor University Medical CenterDallas50$29,452$10,443
Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi36$45,607$10,470
Ascension Seton Cedar ParkCedar Park13$45,489$11,032
HCA Houston Healthcare SoutheastPasadena21$96,492$11,858
University of Texas Medical Branch GalvestonGalveston68$25,047$11,883
Methodist Dallas Medical CenterDallas25$45,388$11,965
HCA Houston Healthcare NorthwestHouston26$100,347$12,115
University Medical CenterLubbock36$50,675$12,640
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical CenterHouston42$58,382$13,196
University Medical Center of El PasoEl Paso14$29,275$21,567
University Health SystemSan Antonio47$39,002$23,058
Jps Health NetworkFort Worth25$31,700$37,172
Parkland Health & Hospital SystemDallas19$61,838$47,652

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.