US Health Care Costs

Stroke, with major complications in Texas

MS-DRG 064: Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with mcc

$92,543typical hospital bill
$15,147typical amount paid
$11,367–$63,886range paid across 113 hospitals

Texas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $92,543 for this stay in 2024, about 6.1 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
Woodland Heights Medical CenterLufkin14$89,877$11,367
Christus Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur SpringsSulphur Springs11$87,221$12,407
Guadalupe Regional Medical CenterSeguin11$40,057$12,464
Houston Methodist Clear Lake HospitalNassau Bay11$65,989$12,721
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital AllianceFort Worth11$51,403$13,116
Nacogdoches Medical CenterNacogdoches20$148,892$13,141
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler86$116,249$13,444
Sierra Medical CenterEl Paso37$211,192$13,541
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round RockRound Rock11$52,811$13,547
St David's Medical CenterAustin79$116,854$13,634
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center McKinneyMc Kinney31$81,934$13,677
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College StatiCollege Station13$54,670$13,737
Bsa HospitalAmarillo54$63,768$13,740
Round Rock Medical CenterRound Rock51$128,485$13,838
Ascension Seton WilliamsonRound Rock32$118,225$13,842
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio157$163,642$13,900
Shannon Medical CenterSan Angelo29$63,264$13,958
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center GrapevineGrapevine38$83,721$14,018
Hunt Regional Medical CenterGreenville18$47,571$14,039
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth SouthFort Worth15$69,719$14,043
Christus St Michael Health SystemTexarkana66$89,993$14,044
Christus Santa Rosa Medical CenterSan Antonio34$53,341$14,064
Ascension Seton HaysKyle26$92,416$14,099
St Luke's the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands32$102,666$14,134
Peterson Regional Medical CenterKerrville17$51,146$14,165
Christus Good Shepherd Medical CenterLongview29$66,053$14,178
Texoma Medical CenterDenison67$148,111$14,180
Houston Methodist the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands55$110,180$14,184
Memorial Hermann Katy HospitalKaty22$57,475$14,231
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DentonDenton16$67,931$14,305
Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land74$95,190$14,327
Christus Santa Rosa Hospital-San MarcosSan Marcos12$90,222$14,355
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center PlanoPlano44$62,772$14,394
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center HillcrestWaco18$48,964$14,408
Methodist Richardson Medical CenterRichardson67$88,920$14,435
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DallasDallas79$68,318$14,450
Paris Regional Medical CenterParis20$43,728$14,495
Chi St Lukes Health Memorial LufkinLufkin28$94,247$14,523
Houston Methodist West HospitalHouston24$79,291$14,546
Wadley Regional Medical CenterTexarkana13$77,894$14,548
Hendrick Medical Center BrownwoodBrownwood11$82,113$14,674
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio216$163,803$14,711
St David's South Austin Medical CenterAustin37$130,724$14,771
Chi St Joseph Health Regional HospitalBryan49$75,886$14,773
Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalHouston81$97,611$14,780
Medical Center of McKinneyMcKinney46$166,574$14,836
Titus Regional Medical CenterMount Pleasant11$31,888$14,881
Methodist Mansfield Medical CenterMansfield43$80,658$14,929
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- WaxahachieWaxahachie11$87,734$14,933
AdventHealth Central TexasKilleen12$59,431$15,020
Medical City PlanoPlano147$175,062$15,027
Texas Health Arlington Memorial HospitalArlington23$79,447$15,084
Methodist Hospital Stone OakSan Antonio52$148,962$15,085
Medical City LewisvilleLewisville16$156,429$15,095
North Austin Medical CenterAustin40$84,441$15,124
Methodist Charlton Medical CenterDallas22$70,183$15,126
Covenant Medical CenterLubbock112$174,048$15,147
Vhs Harlingen Hospital Company LLCHarlingen34$230,062$15,151
Valley Regional Medical CenterBrownsville17$224,262$15,169
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebster43$206,414$15,189
The Hospitals of Providence - East CampusEl Paso15$238,855$15,210
Ascension ProvidenceWaco21$33,339$15,226
Baptist Beaumont HospitalBeaumont22$94,018$15,340
Midland Memorial HospitalMidland21$63,161$15,480
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth162$78,185$15,485
The Corpus Christi Medical CenterCorpus Christi41$209,133$15,536
Dallas Regional Medical CenterMesquite14$64,164$15,573
Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional HospitalTyler80$139,489$15,647
Christus Southeast Texas- St ElizabethBeaumont33$77,218$15,736
Laredo Medical CenterLaredo19$97,935$15,781
Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical CenterFort Worth13$61,299$15,781
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital PlanoPlano67$82,555$15,782
Medical Center HospitalOdessa38$52,039$15,804
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-BedfordBedford32$87,598$15,806
Ascension Seton Medical Center AustinAustin27$108,417$15,865
Medical City DentonDenton37$151,837$15,947
Medical City North HillsNorth Richland Hills13$97,913$15,995
Houston Methodist Baytown HospitalBaytown36$92,543$15,998
Hendrick Medical CenterAbilene50$147,401$16,223
Doctors Hospital of LaredoLaredo14$131,442$16,243
HCA Houston Healthcare KingwoodKingwood93$273,799$16,433
United Regional Health Care SystemWichita Falls44$54,551$16,875
Memorial Hermann Northeast HospitalHumble14$89,837$16,901
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center at IrvingIrving13$75,008$16,920
South Texas Health SystemEdinburg27$282,225$17,026
Northwest Texas HospitalAmarillo23$161,018$17,112
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston141$86,092$17,116
Medical City Fort WorthFort Worth71$163,542$17,310
Medical City ArlingtonArlington58$205,030$17,361
HCA Houston Healthcare SoutheastPasadena13$185,921$17,420
Memorial Hermann Memorial City HospitalHouston68$87,198$17,426
Las Palmas Medical Center a Campus of Lpds HealthcEl Paso52$200,931$17,560
Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi55$111,696$17,745
Doctors Hosptal at RenaissanceEdinburg30$98,181$17,929
HCA Houston Healthcare NorthwestHouston26$274,546$18,509
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land HospitalSugar Land17$107,198$19,031
HCA Houston Healthcare WestHouston11$178,036$19,153
Medical City Dallas HospitalDallas53$241,076$19,239
Baylor St Lukes Medical CenterHouston52$135,065$19,988
University Medical CenterLubbock24$85,663$20,562
Baylor University Medical CenterDallas82$87,509$20,657
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple82$101,005$20,807
HCA Houston Healthcare ConroeConroe31$179,192$21,517
Ut of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas44$97,069$21,706
Methodist Dallas Medical CenterDallas49$119,841$22,449
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston103$156,693$23,044
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical CenterHouston133$128,566$23,121
University of Texas Medical Branch GalvestonGalveston50$75,941$23,294
Dell Seton Med Center at the University of TxAustin34$182,075$30,319
University Medical Center of El PasoEl Paso28$77,371$32,815
University Health SystemSan Antonio50$100,451$34,823
Jps Health NetworkFort Worth21$82,438$45,826
Parkland Health & Hospital SystemDallas16$133,577$63,886

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.