US Health Care Costs

Lung infection, with major complications in Texas

MS-DRG 177: Respiratory infections and inflammations with mcc

$74,048typical hospital bill
$13,145typical amount paid
$9,773–$57,125range paid across 164 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $74,048 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
Resolute Health HospitalNew Braunfels40$114,924$9,773
Medical City DecaturDecatur18$118,853$10,150
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital RockwallRockwall30$47,480$10,220
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center SunnyvaleSunnyvale16$59,937$10,626
Carrollton Regional Medical CenterCarrollton21$37,995$10,842
Ascension Seton Cedar ParkCedar Park40$69,796$11,000
St Luke's Patients Medical CenterPasadena11$84,474$11,130
Woodland Heights Medical CenterLufkin87$88,088$11,207
The Hospitals of Providence - Memorial CampusEl Paso17$117,099$11,236
Longview Regional Medical CenterLongview51$88,961$11,277
Round Rock Medical CenterRound Rock50$90,250$11,313
Methodist Hospital Stone OakSan Antonio68$91,654$11,330
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center PlanoPlano63$46,367$11,330
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Marble FallsMarble Falls14$41,560$11,391
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center McKinneyMc Kinney57$49,207$11,406
Houston Methodist the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands210$88,914$11,434
Nacogdoches Medical CenterNacogdoches49$132,433$11,445
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower MoundFlower Mound66$55,671$11,512
Christus St Michael Health SystemTexarkana102$81,946$11,529
Citizens Medical CenterVictoria49$38,413$11,537
Guadalupe Regional Medical CenterSeguin22$47,548$11,649
Houston Methodist Clear Lake HospitalNassau Bay42$105,273$11,695
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler168$98,506$11,744
Sierra Medical CenterEl Paso25$139,037$11,766
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center GrapevineGrapevine96$49,084$11,778
Peterson Regional Medical CenterKerrville46$33,729$11,875
Texas Health Hospital FriscoFrisco34$49,302$11,922
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital AllenAllen63$42,502$11,946
Christus Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur SpringsSulphur Springs26$70,330$11,962
Methodist Mansfield Medical CenterMansfield65$61,287$11,979
De Tar Hospital NavarroVictoria38$106,446$11,989
Texoma Medical CenterDenison130$96,867$11,992
Bsa HospitalAmarillo117$66,272$12,109
Paris Regional Medical CenterParis62$38,964$12,111
Wadley Regional Medical CenterTexarkana21$50,695$12,153
Shannon Medical CenterSan Angelo103$63,989$12,156
Ut Health East Texas Athens HospitalAthens26$93,167$12,220
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round RockRound Rock45$49,641$12,235
Palestine Regional Medical CenterPalestine18$96,550$12,278
The Medical Center of Southeast TexasPort Arthur15$74,176$12,311
St Luke's the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands64$67,891$12,355
Harlingen Medical CenterHarlingen36$80,944$12,408
Methodist Richardson Medical CenterRichardson81$61,037$12,435
Houston Methodist West HospitalHouston100$64,239$12,460
Medical City North HillsNorth Richland Hills32$95,042$12,489
Medical City PlanoPlano77$106,907$12,501
Christus Santa Rosa Medical CenterSan Antonio148$63,094$12,603
Christus Santa Rosa Hospital-San MarcosSan Marcos19$64,396$12,609
Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land271$84,952$12,624
Ascension Seton HaysKyle36$84,735$12,676
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- WaxahachieWaxahachie30$50,138$12,679
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-BedfordBedford94$60,293$12,691
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio136$130,108$12,696
Chi St Lukes Health Memorial LufkinLufkin45$92,321$12,716
Hunt Regional Medical CenterGreenville44$41,878$12,730
Nacogdoches Memorial HospitalNacogdoches22$62,498$12,748
Medical Center of McKinneyMcKinney61$120,577$12,799
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital AzleAzle30$54,005$12,801
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital PlanoPlano116$64,314$12,806
Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalHouston137$87,792$12,807
Hendrick Medical Center BrownwoodBrownwood23$103,105$12,810
Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional HospitalTyler89$95,664$12,813
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - CentennialFrisco32$48,945$12,886
Hendrick Medical CenterAbilene92$94,340$12,896
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Lake PointeRowlett46$50,154$12,898
Mission Regional Medical CenterMission32$70,200$12,931
Chi St Joseph Health Regional HospitalBryan74$64,358$12,945
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest FFort Worth89$55,077$12,959
Texas Health Arlington Memorial HospitalArlington71$46,350$12,967
Medical City AllianceFort Worth17$128,759$12,968
AdventHealth Central TexasKilleen27$46,738$13,007
Medical City DentonDenton93$120,119$13,023
St Luke's Hospital at the VintageHouston30$110,172$13,023
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital CleburneCleburne21$46,234$13,035
Titus Regional Medical CenterMount Pleasant17$25,565$13,056
Ascension ProvidenceWaco50$41,862$13,058
HCA Houston Healthcare Medical CenterHouston13$180,658$13,091
Huntsville Memorial HospitalHuntsville19$48,553$13,093
Dallas Regional Medical CenterMesquite27$53,910$13,112
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land HospitalSugar Land77$51,285$13,128
North Austin Medical CenterAustin45$76,678$13,133
Memorial Hermann Katy HospitalKaty60$56,687$13,141
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebster42$143,189$13,150
Ascension Seton WilliamsonRound Rock63$119,742$13,162
Valley Regional Medical CenterBrownsville16$195,266$13,207
The Hospitals of Providence - East CampusEl Paso34$151,740$13,215
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital AllianceFort Worth45$54,874$13,233
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College StatiCollege Station19$41,051$13,237
Lake Granbury Medical CenterGranbury33$98,749$13,272
Valley Baptist Medical Center- BrownsvilleBrownsville18$127,671$13,272
Parkview Regional HospitalMexia14$44,288$13,278
Covenant Medical CenterLubbock160$158,860$13,333
Hill Country Memorial HospitalFredericksburg23$60,928$13,357
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth SouthFort Worth67$74,114$13,362
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DallasDallas123$58,183$13,400
The Corpus Christi Medical CenterCorpus Christi45$145,009$13,441
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DentonDenton83$60,822$13,462
Christus Good Shepherd Medical CenterLongview63$51,617$13,514
Midland Memorial HospitalMidland51$64,413$13,520
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center HillcrestWaco33$31,404$13,551
St David's South Austin Medical CenterAustin63$133,346$13,556
Northwest Texas HospitalAmarillo27$109,241$13,572
Doctors Hospital of LaredoLaredo21$107,399$13,579
Seton Medical Center Harker HeightsHarker Heights19$47,799$13,640
Odessa Regional Medical CenterOdessa15$79,126$13,660
St Luke's Sugar Land HospitalSugar Land16$86,045$13,662
St David's Medical CenterAustin74$88,320$13,691
HCA Houston Healthcare PearlandPearland13$114,768$13,706
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth182$57,811$13,759
Vhs Harlingen Hospital Company LLCHarlingen32$197,346$13,772
Navarro Regional HospitalCorsicana22$86,841$13,813
Methodist Midlothian Medical CenterMidlothian26$69,664$13,838
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio228$120,875$13,851
Las Palmas Medical Center a Campus of Lpds HealthcEl Paso27$118,544$13,858
Baptist Beaumont HospitalBeaumont69$85,869$13,864
Christus Southeast Texas- St ElizabethBeaumont71$78,752$13,872
Medical City ArlingtonArlington35$128,840$13,948
HCA Houston Healthcare TomballTomball43$140,812$14,033
Medical City LewisvilleLewisville37$101,743$14,041
United Regional Health Care SystemWichita Falls217$47,872$14,047
Methodist Charlton Medical CenterDallas40$73,912$14,051
Medical City Las ColinasIrving13$183,500$14,116
Ascension Seton NorthwestAustin26$59,307$14,117
Houston Methodist Baytown HospitalBaytown76$100,446$14,204
HCA Houston Healthcare KingwoodKingwood99$178,685$14,243
Memorial Hermann Memorial City HospitalHouston75$52,402$14,281
Baylor St Lukes Medical CenterHouston35$90,368$14,324
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center at IrvingIrving33$50,782$14,326
Medical City WeatherfordWeatherford37$96,839$14,339
Medical Center HospitalOdessa44$47,057$14,435
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston231$55,969$14,472
South Texas Health SystemEdinburg35$164,337$14,483
Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical CenterFort Worth42$55,638$14,522
The Hospitals of Providence Transmountain CampusEl Paso27$124,297$14,552
Methodist Dallas Medical CenterDallas25$78,311$14,556
Medical City Dallas HospitalDallas55$177,405$14,559
HCA Houston Healthcare ConroeConroe29$148,202$14,701
North Texas Medical CenterGainesville15$39,647$14,877
Rio Grande Regional HospitalMcAllen11$139,569$14,894
El Campo Memorial HospitalEl Campo16$26,961$15,118
Doctors Hosptal at RenaissanceEdinburg17$60,494$15,122
Memorial Hermann Northeast HospitalHumble52$58,527$15,295
Ut of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas118$64,007$15,530
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital StephenvillStephenville12$38,526$15,569
Matagorda Regional Medical CenterBay City18$24,885$15,666
Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi53$85,855$15,959
Medical City Fort WorthFort Worth23$159,216$16,088
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple46$50,920$16,165
HCA Houston Healthcare WestHouston28$114,366$17,001
HCA Houston Healthcare NorthwestHouston12$145,442$17,133
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston215$118,884$17,211
Chi St Lukes Health Memorial LivingstonLivingston18$62,978$17,263
Ascension Seton Medical Center AustinAustin52$96,321$17,545
Christus Jasper Memorial HospitalJasper16$28,543$18,136
HCA Houston Healthcare SoutheastPasadena16$189,859$18,144
Laredo Medical CenterLaredo37$118,652$18,472
Baylor University Medical CenterDallas62$64,896$18,516
University Medical CenterLubbock68$73,982$18,714
University of Texas Medical Branch GalvestonGalveston142$49,825$19,476
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical CenterHouston77$76,753$20,533
University Medical Center of El PasoEl Paso17$55,881$26,734
University Health SystemSan Antonio45$73,250$30,277
Jps Health NetworkFort Worth20$95,466$44,818
Parkland Health & Hospital SystemDallas18$73,837$57,125

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.