US Health Care Costs

Sepsis in Texas

MS-DRG 872: Septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours without mcc

$51,564typical hospital bill
$9,124typical amount paid
$6,229–$126,576range paid across 159 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $51,564 for this stay in 2024, about 5.7 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
Baptist Neighborhood Hospital Thousand OaksSan Antonio15$63,047$6,229
Methodist Midlothian Medical CenterMidlothian13$44,871$6,667
Resolute Health HospitalNew Braunfels27$75,715$6,851
St Luke's Patients Medical CenterPasadena17$54,363$6,940
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center SunnyvaleSunnyvale17$39,895$7,023
Sierra Medical CenterEl Paso12$102,857$7,077
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center GrapevineGrapevine60$36,089$7,118
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower MoundFlower Mound14$37,785$7,122
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital RockwallRockwall45$38,569$7,125
Methodist Hospital Stone OakSan Antonio63$68,787$7,142
Woodland Heights Medical CenterLufkin31$72,025$7,235
Ascension Seton Cedar ParkCedar Park33$58,556$7,292
Houston Methodist Clear Lake HospitalNassau Bay50$57,868$7,345
Houston Methodist the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands77$53,237$7,425
Nacogdoches Medical CenterNacogdoches37$102,975$7,524
Longview Regional Medical CenterLongview40$72,765$7,526
Paris Regional Medical CenterParis31$28,152$7,626
Peterson Regional Medical CenterKerrville61$29,070$7,698
Wilson N Jones Regional Medical CenterSherman11$33,408$7,781
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center PlanoPlano69$35,845$7,832
Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land86$56,381$7,857
Texoma Medical CenterDenison59$74,309$7,868
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Marble FallsMarble Falls23$33,399$7,868
Nacogdoches Memorial HospitalNacogdoches11$36,615$7,973
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler103$62,128$7,990
Shannon Medical CenterSan Angelo63$44,159$7,991
St David's Medical CenterAustin65$63,020$8,020
Citizens Medical CenterVictoria18$21,470$8,025
Harlingen Medical CenterHarlingen18$47,486$8,036
Bsa HospitalAmarillo85$46,231$8,048
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center McKinneyMc Kinney56$39,646$8,076
Hendrick Medical CenterAbilene81$80,327$8,079
Round Rock Medical CenterRound Rock26$73,480$8,124
Christus St Michael Health SystemTexarkana76$51,564$8,129
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round RockRound Rock55$36,838$8,171
Texas Health Hospital FriscoFrisco35$34,533$8,213
St Luke's the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands34$59,595$8,271
Hendrick Medical Center BrownwoodBrownwood26$60,519$8,279
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - CentennialFrisco24$34,141$8,328
Palestine Regional Medical CenterPalestine12$55,023$8,335
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital AllianceFort Worth40$36,177$8,357
Methodist Richardson Medical CenterRichardson34$49,983$8,415
Fort Duncan Medical CenterEagle Pass14$96,665$8,420
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College StatiCollege Station46$35,798$8,435
Ut Health East Texas Athens HospitalAthens37$63,701$8,476
Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalHouston85$53,474$8,521
Ascension ProvidenceWaco31$27,437$8,521
Chi St Lukes Health Memorial LufkinLufkin41$49,666$8,557
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital AzleAzle21$41,975$8,562
De Tar Hospital NavarroVictoria24$99,885$8,588
The Hospitals of Providence - Memorial CampusEl Paso13$142,134$8,592
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio112$105,716$8,607
Hunt Regional Medical CenterGreenville29$40,386$8,615
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio350$71,454$8,634
Chi St Joseph Health Regional HospitalBryan79$41,811$8,645
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Lake PointeRowlett27$35,487$8,653
Houston Methodist West HospitalHouston77$53,212$8,660
Lake Granbury Medical CenterGranbury12$76,021$8,677
Ascension Seton HaysKyle35$62,631$8,685
Medical Center of McKinneyMcKinney33$67,421$8,723
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest FFort Worth101$45,051$8,725
Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional HospitalTyler51$64,253$8,778
Titus Regional Medical CenterMount Pleasant11$16,947$8,794
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital PlanoPlano70$43,094$8,801
Medical City PlanoPlano55$111,279$8,831
United Regional Health Care SystemWichita Falls59$42,674$8,844
Covenant Medical CenterLubbock69$111,806$8,873
Christus Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur SpringsSulphur Springs24$60,251$8,899
St David's South Austin Medical CenterAustin74$67,598$8,936
Christus Santa Rosa Medical CenterSan Antonio88$44,306$9,034
Medical City DentonDenton41$100,744$9,044
Nocona General HospitalNocona12$12,792$9,058
Midland Memorial HospitalMidland48$46,076$9,058
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebster46$85,408$9,064
Medical City LewisvilleLewisville15$78,797$9,082
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DentonDenton60$46,001$9,086
Texas Health Arlington Memorial HospitalArlington32$41,913$9,099
The Hospitals of Providence - East CampusEl Paso21$116,313$9,103
Mission Regional Medical CenterMission41$42,360$9,121
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth SouthFort Worth27$41,712$9,124
Valley Baptist Medical Center- BrownsvilleBrownsville34$117,930$9,134
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth117$45,598$9,145
North Austin Medical CenterAustin52$52,731$9,148
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- WaxahachieWaxahachie58$32,878$9,160
Christus Santa Rosa Hospital-San MarcosSan Marcos20$39,430$9,179
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DallasDallas61$44,495$9,216
Seton Medical Center Harker HeightsHarker Heights32$27,514$9,267
Doctors Hospital of LaredoLaredo17$79,928$9,396
Chi St Luke's Health BrazosportLake Jackson19$48,157$9,402
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center HillcrestWaco69$30,713$9,449
Wilbarger General HospitalVernon15$13,291$9,454
Medical City WeatherfordWeatherford42$84,960$9,455
Vhs Harlingen Hospital Company LLCHarlingen53$114,990$9,460
Ascension Seton WilliamsonRound Rock14$65,957$9,460
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital AllenAllen19$36,728$9,479
Valley Regional Medical CenterBrownsville19$107,429$9,480
Memorial Hermann Katy HospitalKaty62$50,694$9,501
Christus Good Shepherd Medical CenterLongview113$43,234$9,563
Baptist Beaumont HospitalBeaumont36$57,552$9,649
Ascension Seton Medical Center AustinAustin41$65,917$9,657
Medical City AllianceFort Worth13$85,416$9,657
St Luke's Hospital at the VintageHouston11$58,593$9,712
Medical City Dallas HospitalDallas49$89,031$9,728
Methodist Mansfield Medical CenterMansfield60$40,070$9,809
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-BedfordBedford42$45,624$9,821
Methodist Charlton Medical CenterDallas56$47,359$9,840
Christus Southeast Texas- St ElizabethBeaumont29$49,143$9,850
Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical CenterFort Worth57$42,346$9,854
Memorial Hermann Memorial City HospitalHouston59$48,192$9,884
Laredo Medical CenterLaredo78$65,254$9,894
The Corpus Christi Medical CenterCorpus Christi48$127,256$9,898
AdventHealth Central TexasKilleen12$33,814$9,937
HCA Houston Healthcare KingwoodKingwood72$112,704$9,949
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land HospitalSugar Land29$47,168$9,970
Houston Methodist Baytown HospitalBaytown42$64,857$9,977
North Texas Medical CenterGainesville23$25,308$10,097
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center at IrvingIrving48$37,689$10,137
Medical Center HospitalOdessa42$31,673$10,201
South Texas Health SystemEdinburg55$132,688$10,209
Rio Grande Regional HospitalMcAllen28$81,665$10,235
HCA Houston Healthcare ConroeConroe24$93,461$10,236
Northwest Texas HospitalAmarillo26$100,020$10,304
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital CleburneCleburne17$31,488$10,330
Ut of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas67$36,339$10,386
Methodist Hospital AtascosaJourdanton13$49,752$10,393
Knapp Medical CenterWeslaco32$42,843$10,407
Medical City ArlingtonArlington28$90,232$10,517
Navarro Regional HospitalCorsicana16$64,756$10,557
Memorial Hermann Northeast HospitalHumble53$50,813$10,560
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston193$50,284$10,594
Las Palmas Medical Center a Campus of Lpds HealthcEl Paso48$107,658$10,736
Medical City Fort WorthFort Worth29$80,096$10,743
Baylor St Lukes Medical CenterHouston34$78,992$10,828
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital StephenvillStephenville21$37,526$10,836
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston182$61,623$10,842
Hill Country Memorial HospitalFredericksburg44$67,103$10,897
Starr County Memorial HospitalRio Grande City11$11,246$11,000
Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi64$60,048$11,011
Ascension Seton NorthwestAustin16$70,594$11,033
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple73$38,432$11,228
Doctors Hosptal at RenaissanceEdinburg59$40,176$11,233
Baylor University Medical CenterDallas89$32,521$11,344
Medical City Las ColinasIrving14$119,819$11,756
HCA Houston Healthcare WestHouston17$104,249$11,967
Val Verde Regional Medical CenterDel Rio18$31,436$12,799
The Hospitals of Providence Transmountain CampusEl Paso20$100,578$13,027
Ascension Seton SouthwestAustin12$61,761$13,144
University Medical CenterLubbock13$67,665$13,248
HCA Houston Healthcare NorthwestHouston18$118,635$13,255
HCA Houston Healthcare SoutheastPasadena13$103,772$13,452
Methodist Dallas Medical CenterDallas47$46,776$13,520
University of Texas Medical Branch GalvestonGalveston43$28,952$13,685
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical CenterHouston58$64,251$14,204
Dell Seton Med Center at the University of TxAustin16$78,836$17,896
University Medical Center of El PasoEl Paso20$34,519$22,956
University Health SystemSan Antonio75$48,015$24,002
Jps Health NetworkFort Worth29$39,121$39,904
Parkland Health & Hospital SystemDallas46$61,156$50,417
Harris HealthHouston16$25,443$126,576

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.