US Health Care Costs

Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug in Texas

MS-DRG 065: Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with cc or tpa in 24 hours

$57,325typical hospital bill
$8,859typical amount paid
$6,609–$115,205range paid across 118 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $57,325 for this stay in 2024, about 6.5 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
Resolute Health HospitalNew Braunfels17$85,449$6,609
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center PlanoPlano44$42,853$6,888
Methodist Hospital Stone OakSan Antonio39$83,758$6,926
Ascension Seton Cedar ParkCedar Park12$59,540$6,988
Houston Methodist Clear Lake HospitalNassau Bay20$52,935$7,058
Longview Regional Medical CenterLongview19$61,933$7,150
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center McKinneyMc Kinney27$46,495$7,151
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round RockRound Rock35$47,016$7,206
Nacogdoches Medical CenterNacogdoches20$97,791$7,234
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center GrapevineGrapevine55$42,338$7,316
De Tar Hospital NavarroVictoria13$111,242$7,354
Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land47$62,731$7,356
Houston Methodist the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands45$57,375$7,382
Paris Regional Medical CenterParis32$28,798$7,392
Sierra Medical CenterEl Paso22$137,407$7,393
Peterson Regional Medical CenterKerrville26$46,369$7,467
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Marble FallsMarble Falls11$43,861$7,499
Christus St Michael Health SystemTexarkana54$46,763$7,514
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler116$66,119$7,517
Round Rock Medical CenterRound Rock36$70,329$7,644
Woodland Heights Medical CenterLufkin15$79,727$7,769
Texoma Medical CenterDenison70$102,870$7,775
Wadley Regional Medical CenterTexarkana17$39,973$7,790
Guadalupe Regional Medical CenterSeguin14$23,064$7,791
Citizens Medical CenterVictoria20$36,619$7,791
St David's Medical CenterAustin45$54,715$7,802
Bsa HospitalAmarillo99$46,615$7,815
Shannon Medical CenterSan Angelo45$50,168$7,818
Hendrick Medical CenterAbilene74$81,752$8,071
Ascension ProvidenceWaco50$26,488$8,088
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College StatiCollege Station25$30,902$8,089
Christus Santa Rosa Medical CenterSan Antonio31$38,354$8,142
Hendrick Medical Center BrownwoodBrownwood19$58,850$8,225
Titus Regional Medical CenterMount Pleasant17$21,804$8,246
Houston Methodist West HospitalHouston35$53,389$8,293
Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalHouston72$53,528$8,318
Medical Center of McKinneyMcKinney20$109,959$8,336
Ascension Seton WilliamsonRound Rock34$77,293$8,337
Christus Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur SpringsSulphur Springs14$62,189$8,372
Chi St Lukes Health Memorial LufkinLufkin26$72,886$8,391
Hunt Regional Medical CenterGreenville27$33,838$8,398
Christus Santa Rosa Hospital-San MarcosSan Marcos18$42,296$8,475
Ascension Seton HaysKyle24$64,057$8,495
AdventHealth Central TexasKilleen21$39,300$8,514
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- WaxahachieWaxahachie24$44,113$8,520
Methodist Mansfield Medical CenterMansfield30$59,489$8,532
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Lake PointeRowlett21$39,997$8,570
Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional HospitalTyler81$87,064$8,571
Chi St Joseph Health Regional HospitalBryan43$55,579$8,591
St David's South Austin Medical CenterAustin35$84,632$8,600
Methodist Richardson Medical CenterRichardson52$57,275$8,609
St Luke's the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands25$54,540$8,627
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio118$110,757$8,639
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest FFort Worth28$47,482$8,654
Memorial Hermann Katy HospitalKaty26$51,706$8,676
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth SouthFort Worth32$47,059$8,717
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DallasDallas90$48,222$8,750
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land HospitalSugar Land19$52,002$8,782
Medical City DentonDenton34$105,283$8,819
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio167$95,091$8,900
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DentonDenton18$52,418$8,958
Midland Memorial HospitalMidland15$49,195$8,973
North Austin Medical CenterAustin16$58,330$8,977
Texas Health Arlington Memorial HospitalArlington26$53,250$9,027
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center HillcrestWaco34$34,921$9,029
HCA Houston Healthcare KingwoodKingwood72$160,631$9,037
Covenant Medical CenterLubbock88$97,566$9,133
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital PlanoPlano56$51,449$9,137
Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical CenterFort Worth21$43,466$9,160
Doctors Hospital of LaredoLaredo15$103,773$9,239
Seton Medical Center Harker HeightsHarker Heights14$35,334$9,316
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth118$56,238$9,355
Vhs Harlingen Hospital Company LLCHarlingen27$137,510$9,357
Medical City LewisvilleLewisville14$109,960$9,360
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital AllenAllen11$46,583$9,446
Medical City Dallas HospitalDallas32$95,828$9,470
United Regional Health Care SystemWichita Falls84$32,596$9,478
The Hospitals of Providence - East CampusEl Paso13$169,367$9,485
Christus Southeast Texas- St ElizabethBeaumont47$44,459$9,487
The Corpus Christi Medical CenterCorpus Christi25$126,050$9,557
Methodist Charlton Medical CenterDallas29$56,174$9,568
Christus Good Shepherd Medical CenterLongview45$47,594$9,606
Baptist Beaumont HospitalBeaumont43$78,467$9,648
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center at IrvingIrving19$61,638$9,711
Medical City Fort WorthFort Worth42$113,005$9,733
South Texas Health SystemEdinburg26$167,528$9,807
Memorial Hermann Memorial City HospitalHouston55$51,293$9,859
Houston Methodist Baytown HospitalBaytown19$63,134$9,868
HCA Houston Healthcare ConroeConroe35$169,175$9,885
Medical City PlanoPlano57$103,562$9,967
Hill Country Memorial HospitalFredericksburg12$59,621$10,072
Medical Center HospitalOdessa25$35,237$10,153
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston105$54,881$10,216
Northwest Texas HospitalAmarillo22$95,474$10,267
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston73$62,784$10,288
Las Palmas Medical Center a Campus of Lpds HealthcEl Paso23$140,444$10,399
Ut of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas38$53,097$10,424
Medical City ArlingtonArlington21$121,406$10,473
Ascension Seton Medical Center AustinAustin30$59,554$10,575
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebster35$138,194$10,597
Memorial Hermann Northeast HospitalHumble17$56,884$10,734
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-BedfordBedford26$58,447$10,865
Baylor St Lukes Medical CenterHouston22$78,369$11,033
Doctors Hosptal at RenaissanceEdinburg21$46,418$11,053
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple70$52,900$11,292
Laredo Medical CenterLaredo31$89,602$11,433
Baylor University Medical CenterDallas75$44,177$11,574
Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi49$57,399$11,660
University of Texas Medical Branch GalvestonGalveston44$37,633$12,955
Methodist Dallas Medical CenterDallas23$68,979$13,027
University Medical CenterLubbock13$65,266$13,075
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical CenterHouston66$66,036$13,529
Dell Seton Med Center at the University of TxAustin20$95,723$18,608
University Medical Center of El PasoEl Paso30$38,656$23,033
University Health SystemSan Antonio32$71,058$24,139
Jps Health NetworkFort Worth34$49,449$39,308
Parkland Health & Hospital SystemDallas26$88,821$50,120
Harris HealthHouston11$35,582$115,205

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.