US Health Care Costs

Lung infection, with complications in Texas

MS-DRG 178: Respiratory infections and inflammations with cc

$46,275typical hospital bill
$8,296typical amount paid
$6,557–$23,581range paid across 50 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $46,275 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
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center McKinneyMc Kinney14$27,880$6,557
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center PlanoPlano24$30,150$6,814
Houston Methodist the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands34$58,401$6,905
Woodland Heights Medical CenterLufkin12$54,149$6,960
Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional HospitalTyler11$80,374$6,980
Shannon Medical CenterSan Angelo40$46,914$7,427
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - CentennialFrisco11$25,643$7,490
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler16$64,417$7,515
Bsa HospitalAmarillo19$40,236$7,517
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center GrapevineGrapevine27$33,491$7,572
Texoma Medical CenterDenison21$68,696$7,579
Hendrick Medical CenterAbilene32$70,168$7,601
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio24$81,850$7,812
Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land45$50,283$7,823
Houston Methodist West HospitalHouston12$34,007$7,831
Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical CenterFort Worth14$31,628$7,892
Christus Santa Rosa Medical CenterSan Antonio13$41,853$7,909
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth SouthFort Worth12$40,877$7,911
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital AllenAllen15$34,659$7,988
Medical City PlanoPlano14$79,354$8,004
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital PlanoPlano29$38,088$8,035
Guadalupe Regional Medical CenterSeguin13$21,440$8,106
Houston Methodist Clear Lake HospitalNassau Bay12$62,062$8,112
Chi St Joseph Health Regional HospitalBryan15$47,106$8,150
Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalHouston19$56,029$8,201
Hunt Regional Medical CenterGreenville14$32,522$8,392
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DentonDenton23$37,581$8,398
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio38$69,585$8,541
Medical City DentonDenton14$78,383$8,659
Medical City Dallas HospitalDallas12$88,147$8,864
Covenant Medical CenterLubbock13$96,389$8,933
St David's Medical CenterAustin12$47,849$9,065
Christus Southeast Texas- St ElizabethBeaumont17$46,751$9,145
Texas Health Arlington Memorial HospitalArlington18$34,981$9,159
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth34$48,126$9,163
Methodist Richardson Medical CenterRichardson14$49,137$9,169
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DallasDallas32$38,743$9,320
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-BedfordBedford15$39,072$9,400
Ascension Seton Medical Center AustinAustin12$74,484$9,426
Baptist Beaumont HospitalBeaumont27$61,758$9,718
United Regional Health Care SystemWichita Falls49$35,402$9,835
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston44$54,160$10,013
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston30$43,453$10,142
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple17$41,543$10,411
Ut of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas40$40,808$10,900
Baylor University Medical CenterDallas20$33,540$10,948
University of Texas Medical Branch GalvestonGalveston17$27,252$12,454
University Medical CenterLubbock12$42,403$13,212
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical CenterHouston16$54,441$15,001
University Health SystemSan Antonio21$45,799$23,581

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.