US Health Care Costs

Kidney failure, with major complications in Texas

MS-DRG 682: Renal failure with mcc

$64,912typical hospital bill
$11,902typical amount paid
$8,882–$55,560range paid across 136 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $64,912 for this stay in 2024, about 5.5 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 and White Medical Center SunnyvaleSunnyvale17$42,119$8,882
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital RockwallRockwall15$41,139$9,352
Resolute Health HospitalNew Braunfels12$88,294$9,359
Texas Health Hospital FriscoFrisco19$57,576$9,569
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center PlanoPlano34$47,561$9,790
Sierra Medical CenterEl Paso14$141,088$9,839
Longview Regional Medical CenterLongview39$77,025$9,954
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center GrapevineGrapevine44$50,036$9,976
Methodist Hospital Stone OakSan Antonio59$98,544$10,063
Houston Methodist the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands79$62,050$10,155
Woodland Heights Medical CenterLufkin17$89,106$10,156
Round Rock Medical CenterRound Rock28$89,578$10,351
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler80$85,596$10,411
Houston Methodist Clear Lake HospitalNassau Bay38$66,317$10,416
Nacogdoches Medical CenterNacogdoches12$94,271$10,490
Peterson Regional Medical CenterKerrville20$28,177$10,533
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - CentennialFrisco17$46,995$10,580
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round RockRound Rock33$41,050$10,752
Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land66$64,685$10,831
Paris Regional Medical CenterParis49$36,103$10,839
Fort Duncan Medical CenterEagle Pass12$79,789$10,848
Guadalupe Regional Medical CenterSeguin11$19,165$10,849
Shannon Medical CenterSan Angelo43$46,594$10,861
Bsa HospitalAmarillo60$53,692$10,945
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital AllianceFort Worth20$50,156$11,045
Citizens Medical CenterVictoria21$24,060$11,074
Ascension ProvidenceWaco44$34,043$11,152
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest FFort Worth49$55,222$11,176
Medical Center of McKinneyMcKinney57$104,415$11,182
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center McKinneyMc Kinney42$55,028$11,227
St David's Medical CenterAustin49$73,982$11,234
Houston Methodist West HospitalHouston55$56,789$11,250
Christus St Michael Health SystemTexarkana55$77,613$11,300
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio115$117,855$11,326
Texoma Medical CenterDenison103$94,998$11,354
Methodist Mansfield Medical CenterMansfield28$58,168$11,357
Chi St Luke's Health BrazosportLake Jackson11$57,699$11,385
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Lake PointeRowlett39$50,421$11,393
Christus Santa Rosa Medical CenterSan Antonio77$43,446$11,399
St Luke's the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands29$76,968$11,404
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio220$102,304$11,417
Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalHouston87$61,243$11,418
Chi St Lukes Health Memorial LufkinLufkin53$59,633$11,421
Hunt Regional Medical CenterGreenville25$43,829$11,449
Ascension Seton HaysKyle23$68,047$11,461
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth SouthFort Worth38$57,716$11,478
De Tar Hospital NavarroVictoria22$108,504$11,481
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital AllenAllen18$48,389$11,539
The Hospitals of Providence - East CampusEl Paso20$152,033$11,603
Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional HospitalTyler55$82,068$11,629
Christus Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur SpringsSulphur Springs15$62,199$11,643
Hendrick Medical CenterAbilene59$103,490$11,647
Lake Granbury Medical CenterGranbury13$96,735$11,679
Texas Health Arlington Memorial HospitalArlington35$47,421$11,703
Vhs Harlingen Hospital Company LLCHarlingen36$136,226$11,711
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital PlanoPlano64$53,058$11,718
Medical City PlanoPlano76$117,718$11,720
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College StatiCollege Station29$46,050$11,754
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- WaxahachieWaxahachie38$55,696$11,799
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DallasDallas75$48,122$11,808
St Luke's Hospital at the VintageHouston16$60,590$11,816
St David's South Austin Medical CenterAustin68$92,401$11,822
Medical City LewisvilleLewisville25$101,003$11,824
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center HillcrestWaco37$38,435$11,829
HCA Houston Healthcare Medical CenterHouston13$97,545$11,831
Medical City North HillsNorth Richland Hills39$90,802$11,846
North Austin Medical CenterAustin53$69,986$11,849
Memorial Hermann Katy HospitalKaty39$53,859$11,899
Chi St Joseph Health Regional HospitalBryan33$56,805$11,905
Midland Memorial HospitalMidland14$41,173$11,927
Mission Regional Medical CenterMission12$57,677$11,946
Medical City DentonDenton94$95,675$11,982
Doctors Hospital of LaredoLaredo11$100,659$11,995
Seton Medical Center Harker HeightsHarker Heights12$37,611$12,018
Medical City AllianceFort Worth18$82,693$12,028
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth108$64,142$12,034
Medical City Fort WorthFort Worth26$93,826$12,146
Ascension Seton WilliamsonRound Rock33$106,441$12,159
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebster81$136,059$12,206
Laredo Medical CenterLaredo19$65,140$12,223
Methodist Charlton Medical CenterDallas34$53,945$12,226
Christus Southeast Texas- St ElizabethBeaumont58$56,320$12,246
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DentonDenton33$73,480$12,274
Covenant Medical CenterLubbock95$153,084$12,285
The Corpus Christi Medical CenterCorpus Christi53$116,007$12,294
AdventHealth Central TexasKilleen22$39,248$12,314
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land HospitalSugar Land17$51,727$12,354
Dallas Regional Medical CenterMesquite12$34,109$12,417
Methodist Richardson Medical CenterRichardson35$51,226$12,460
Christus Good Shepherd Medical CenterLongview52$44,818$12,514
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-BedfordBedford36$60,102$12,519
HCA Houston Healthcare PearlandPearland17$85,483$12,579
Medical City ArlingtonArlington47$106,971$12,905
Memorial Hermann Memorial City HospitalHouston41$61,119$12,973
Ascension Seton Medical Center AustinAustin22$92,239$13,013
Medical City Dallas HospitalDallas50$149,025$13,033
Valley Baptist Medical Center- BrownsvilleBrownsville14$167,218$13,044
Medical City Las ColinasIrving13$107,798$13,111
Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical CenterFort Worth41$49,658$13,180
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston118$58,426$13,239
Northwest Texas HospitalAmarillo39$106,873$13,242
HCA Houston Healthcare TomballTomball34$105,908$13,249
HCA Houston Healthcare KingwoodKingwood125$163,845$13,256
United Regional Health Care SystemWichita Falls89$44,705$13,341
Medical City WeatherfordWeatherford43$96,088$13,385
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital AzleAzle12$37,910$13,389
Houston Methodist Baytown HospitalBaytown43$84,422$13,412
Memorial Hermann Northeast HospitalHumble45$55,402$13,515
Medical Center HospitalOdessa28$46,498$13,559
Valley Regional Medical CenterBrownsville33$100,010$13,585
South Texas Health SystemEdinburg40$134,724$13,654
Rio Grande Regional HospitalMcAllen26$109,911$13,680
Las Palmas Medical Center a Campus of Lpds HealthcEl Paso31$158,944$13,703
Baptist Beaumont HospitalBeaumont31$76,660$13,826
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital CleburneCleburne13$48,244$14,025
HCA Houston Healthcare ConroeConroe40$148,871$14,088
Matagorda Regional Medical CenterBay City13$18,938$14,402
Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi57$69,231$14,667
Baylor St Lukes Medical CenterHouston42$67,588$14,811
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center at IrvingIrving39$45,110$14,838
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston121$79,788$14,839
HCA Houston Healthcare NorthwestHouston34$124,071$15,380
HCA Houston Healthcare WestHouston27$125,029$15,445
Doctors Hosptal at RenaissanceEdinburg18$68,474$15,454
Ut of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas94$59,870$15,609
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple59$65,750$15,779
HCA Houston Healthcare SoutheastPasadena14$129,419$16,171
Baylor University Medical CenterDallas74$53,249$16,602
University of Texas Medical Branch GalvestonGalveston72$36,095$17,006
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical CenterHouston36$78,108$17,232
University Medical CenterLubbock41$65,891$17,306
Methodist Dallas Medical CenterDallas40$50,703$19,009
University Medical Center of El PasoEl Paso12$56,509$26,413
University Health SystemSan Antonio40$59,873$29,081
Jps Health NetworkFort Worth17$61,536$41,801
Parkland Health & Hospital SystemDallas15$123,535$55,560

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.