US Health Care Costs

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mv >96 Hours in Texas

MS-DRG 870: Septicemia or severe sepsis with mv >96 hours

$344,561typical hospital bill
$50,360typical amount paid
$39,806–$99,206range paid across 61 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $344,561 for this stay in 2024, about 6.8 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
Valley Regional Medical CenterBrownsville11$559,527$39,806
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio48$357,789$40,695
Ascension Seton WilliamsonRound Rock13$365,135$41,163
Medical Center HospitalOdessa16$136,517$41,452
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler33$359,283$42,264
Sierra Medical CenterEl Paso14$559,790$42,550
Medical City PlanoPlano17$581,735$43,682
Chi St Lukes Health Memorial LufkinLufkin19$268,753$43,981
Shannon Medical CenterSan Angelo11$228,557$44,672
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio106$535,293$44,765
Methodist Mansfield Medical CenterMansfield12$269,933$44,809
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center HillcrestWaco11$183,788$45,483
South Texas Health SystemEdinburg23$713,915$45,587
Valley Baptist Medical Center- BrownsvilleBrownsville19$697,970$45,782
Christus Santa Rosa Medical CenterSan Antonio24$204,088$45,807
Christus St Michael Health SystemTexarkana19$264,401$46,278
Dallas Regional Medical CenterMesquite15$258,984$46,426
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebster20$601,440$46,731
Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi31$270,706$46,809
Memorial Hermann Katy HospitalKaty65$147,868$46,860
Baptist Beaumont HospitalBeaumont12$325,194$47,066
Texoma Medical CenterDenison23$398,491$47,151
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth49$223,954$47,159
Northwest Texas HospitalAmarillo12$438,627$47,643
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land HospitalSugar Land12$197,173$48,967
Chi St Joseph Health Regional HospitalBryan14$233,762$49,086
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston75$217,366$49,640
St David's South Austin Medical CenterAustin18$591,114$49,712
Paris Regional Medical CenterParis12$154,683$49,746
Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional HospitalTyler19$513,360$50,046
HCA Houston Healthcare KingwoodKingwood37$724,625$50,360
Midland Memorial HospitalMidland13$198,823$50,569
Covenant Medical CenterLubbock14$542,576$50,744
Memorial Hermann Memorial City HospitalHouston20$168,995$51,247
Bsa HospitalAmarillo24$257,223$51,742
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital PlanoPlano12$269,620$52,322
HCA Houston Healthcare WestHouston20$344,561$52,551
Medical City DentonDenton11$554,362$52,749
Knapp Medical CenterWeslaco13$277,496$53,185
Hendrick Medical CenterAbilene17$511,630$54,412
North Austin Medical CenterAustin24$443,820$54,507
Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land14$468,664$54,516
St David's Medical CenterAustin25$617,548$54,749
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DallasDallas27$263,293$56,020
Methodist Charlton Medical CenterDallas25$343,144$57,331
Houston Methodist Baytown HospitalBaytown15$451,525$57,529
Houston Methodist West HospitalHouston11$374,193$57,746
Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalHouston24$460,901$58,427
Medical City Dallas HospitalDallas12$702,372$59,240
University Medical CenterLubbock13$298,517$60,149
United Regional Health Care SystemWichita Falls18$153,678$60,749
Baylor University Medical CenterDallas22$243,541$62,538
The Corpus Christi Medical CenterCorpus Christi16$783,720$63,728
Methodist Dallas Medical CenterDallas12$339,191$68,381
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical CenterHouston38$378,016$68,698
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple15$277,256$73,323
Ut of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas22$318,996$76,198
Baylor St Lukes Medical CenterHouston21$451,164$76,244
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston39$794,323$94,335
Methodist Richardson Medical CenterRichardson19$354,534$94,940
University Health SystemSan Antonio12$343,333$99,206

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.