DRG 602 · Skin

Cellulitis Cost in Texas — Compare All Hospitals

A spreading infection of the skin and the tissue beneath it. The hospital stay involves intravenous antibiotics and close monitoring, along with treatment of other serious health problems occurring at the same time.

State average
$48,573
gross charge · DRG 602
Hospitals
31
with published pricing
Price range
$9,390 – $74,512
low to high
Lowest $9,390 Highest $74,512

31 Texas hospitals publish gross charges for cellulitis (DRG 602). Prices range from $9,390 to $74,512 — roughly $65,122 apart. The cheapest is Doctors Hosptal at Renaissance in Edinburg; the most expensive is United Regional Health Care System in Wichita Falls. The state average sits at $48,573.

These numbers are list prices — what the hospital bills before any insurance adjustment. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists cellulitis at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent cellulitis admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.

Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Texas hospitals missing from the list either don't perform cellulitis in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 602 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Doctors Hosptal at Renaissance

    Edinburg, TX

    Gross charge $9,390
  2. 2

    Starr County Memorial Hospital

    Rio Grande City, TX

    Gross charge $12,178
  3. 3

    Comanche County Medical Center

    Comanche, TX

    Gross charge $15,787
    Cash pay $10,262
  4. 4

    Yoakum Community Hospital

    Yoakum, TX

    Gross charge $21,849
    Cash pay $14,202
  5. 5

    Guadalupe Regional Medical Center

    Seguin, TX

    Gross charge $26,098
  6. 6

    Oakbend Medical Center

    Richmond, TX

    Gross charge $27,785
    Cash pay $5,557
  7. 7

    Memorial Medical Center

    Port Lavaca, TX

    Gross charge $28,382
    Cash pay $19,867
  8. 8

    Paris Regional Health

    Paris, TX

    Gross charge $33,339
    Cash pay $11,669
  9. 9

    Wilson N Jones Regional Medical Center

    Sherman, TX

    Gross charge $37,234
    Cash pay $11,170
  10. 10

    Midland Memorial Hospital

    Midland, TX

    Gross charge $38,049
    Cash pay $9,512
  11. 11

    UTMB Health - University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

    Galveston, TX

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $41,052
    Cash pay $25,663
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,294
  12. 12

    Baptist Beaumont Hospital

    Beaumont, TX

    Gross charge $52,698
    Cash pay $6,851
  13. 13

    Methodist Dallas Medical Center

    Dallas, TX

    Gross charge $54,211
    Cash pay $27,106
  14. 14

    Methodist Richardson Medical Center

    Richardson, TX

    Gross charge $54,211
    Cash pay $27,106
  15. 15

    Methodist Charlton Medical Center

    Dallas, TX

    Gross charge $54,211
    Cash pay $27,106
  16. 16

    Methodist Mansfield Medical Center

    Mansfield, TX

    Gross charge $54,211
    Cash pay $27,106
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    Gross charge $54,211
    Cash pay $27,106
  18. 18

    Methodist Midlothian Medical Center

    Midlothian, TX

    Gross charge $54,211
    Cash pay $27,106
  19. 19
    Gross charge $54,211
    Cash pay $27,106
  20. 20
    Gross charge $55,359
    Cash pay $27,679
  21. 21
    Gross charge $58,866
    Cash pay $11,773
  22. 22
    Gross charge $58,866
    Cash pay $11,773
  23. 23
    Gross charge $65,681
    Cash pay $45,976
  24. 24

    UT Health Jacksonville

    Jacksonville, TX

    Gross charge $66,517
    Cash pay $6,652
  25. 25

    UT Health Carthage

    Carthage, TX

    Gross charge $66,517
    Cash pay $6,652
  26. 26

    Ut Health East Texas Athens Hospital

    Athens, TX

    Gross charge $66,517
    Cash pay $6,652
  27. 27

    UT Health Henderson

    Henderson, TX

    Gross charge $66,517
    Cash pay $6,652
  28. 28

    UT Health Pittsburg

    Pittsburg, TX

    Gross charge $66,517
    Cash pay $6,652
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    UT Health Quitman

    Quitman, TX

    Gross charge $66,517
    Cash pay $6,652
  30. 30

    Parkland Health & Hospital System

    Dallas, TX

    Gross charge $70,049
    Cash pay $28,020
  31. 31

    United Regional Health Care System

    Wichita Falls, TX

    27 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $74,512
    Cash pay $70,787
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,657
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    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,547
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    University Medical Center of El Paso

    El Paso, TX

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    Laredo Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Laredo, TX

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  35. 35

    Covenant Medical Center

    Lubbock, TX

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,578
  36. 36

    Ascension Providence Hospital

    Waco, TX

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  37. 37

    Ut of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.

    Dallas, TX

    16 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $8,539
  38. 38

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple

    Temple, TX

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,303
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    Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin

    Austin, TX

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    Medical City North Hills

    North Richland Hills, TX

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    HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast (Acute Care)

    Pasadena, TX

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    Medical Center Hospital

    Odessa, TX

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    Methodist Hospital Atascosa

    Jourdanton, TX

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    Medical City Weatherford

    Weatherford, TX

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    Northwest Texas Healthcare System

    Amarillo, TX

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  53. 53

    University Health University Hospital

    San Antonio, TX

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $19,099
  54. 54

    HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe

    Conroe, TX

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  55. 55

    Hendrick Medical Center

    Abilene, TX

    18 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $10,186
  56. 56

    Faith Community Hospital

    Jacksboro, TX

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    Harris Health

    Houston, TX

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    Methodist Hospital

    San Antonio, TX

    43 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $9,736
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    St David's Medical Center

    Austin, TX

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,205
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    Navarro Regional Hospital

    Corsicana, TX

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  63. 63

    Matagorda Regional Medical Center

    Bay City, TX

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  64. 64

    Woodland Heights Medical Center

    Lufkin, TX

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  65. 65

    Covenant Hospital Plainview

    Plainview, TX

    Gross charge —
  66. 66

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Grapevine

    Grapevine, TX

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,648
  67. 67

    Shannon Medical Center

    San Angelo, TX

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  68. 68

    Hendrick Medical Center Brownwood

    Brownwood, TX

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  69. 69

    Lake Granbury Medical Center

    Granbury, TX

    Gross charge —
  70. 70

    HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake

    Webster, TX

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,333
  71. 71

    HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest

    Houston, TX

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  72. 72

    Doctors Hospital of Laredo

    Laredo, TX

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  73. 73

    Freestone Medical Center

    Fairfield, TX

    Gross charge —
  74. 74

    Medical City Lewisville (Acute Care)

    Lewisville, TX

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  76. 76

    HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball

    Tomball, TX

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  77. 77

    Womans Hospital of Texas,the

    Houston, TX

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  78. 78

    Medical City Arlington

    Arlington, TX

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  79. 79

    Dallas Regional Medical Center

    Mesquite, TX

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $14,071
  80. 80

    Longview Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Longview, TX

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  81. 81

    Rio Grande Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Mcallen, TX

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  82. 82

    St David's South Austin Medical Center

    Austin, TX

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    Corpus Christi Medical Center,the

    Corpus Christi, TX

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    Medical City Las Colinas

    Irving, TX

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    Harlingen Medical Center

    Harlingen, TX

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $14,619
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    St Luke's the Woodlands Hospital

    The Woodlands, TX

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    BSW Texas Spine & Joint Hospital

    Tyler, TX

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    Ascension Seton Northwest Hospital

    Austin, TX

    Gross charge —
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    Lubbock Heart Surgery

    Lubbock, TX

    Gross charge —
  102. 102
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  105. 105

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Plano

    Plano, TX

    12 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $8,029
  106. 106
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  110. 110

    Ascension Seton Highland Lakes

    Burnet, TX

    Gross charge —
  111. 111
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    Ascension Seton Williamson Hospital

    Round Rock, TX

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  119. 119

    Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital

    Cedar Park, TX

    Gross charge —
  120. 120
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  121. 121

    St Luke's Sugar Land Hospital

    Sugar Land, TX

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  122. 122

    Ascension Seton Hays

    Kyle, TX

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    St Luke's Hospital at the Vintage

    Houston, TX

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  126. 126
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  127. 127

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - McKinney

    Mc Kinney, TX

    Gross charge —
  128. 128

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - College Station

    College Station, TX

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  129. 129

    Medical City Alliance

    Fort Worth, TX

    Gross charge —
  130. 130

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Marble Falls

    Marble Falls, TX

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    Texas Health Hospital Mansfield

    Mansfield, TX

    Gross charge —
  135. 135

    Jps Health Network

    Fort Worth, TX

    Gross charge —
  136. 136

    North Texas Medical Center

    Gainesville, TX

    Gross charge —
  137. 137

    South Texas Health System

    Edinburg, TX

    Gross charge —
  138. 138

    Medical City Denton

    Denton, TX

    Gross charge —
  139. 139

    HCA Houston Healthcare West

    Houston, TX

    Gross charge —
  140. 140

    Medical City Plano

    Plano, TX

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,188
  141. 141

    University Medical Center

    Lubbock, TX

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  142. 142

    Palestine Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Palestine, TX

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    Mc Camey Hospital

    Mccamey, TX

    Gross charge —
  145. 145

    Baptist Neighborhood Hospital Thousand Oaks

    San Antonio, TX

    Gross charge —
  146. 146
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    CHRISTUS Outpatient Pavilion St. Elizabeth

    Beaumont, TX

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  150. 150

    Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi

    Corpus Christi, TX

    Gross charge —
  151. 151

    CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital - Beeville

    Beeville, TX

    Gross charge —
  152. 152

    CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital - Tyler

    Tyler, TX

    25 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $9,610
  153. 153

    DeTar Hospital Navarro

    Victoria, TX

    Gross charge —
  154. 154

    CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital - Kleberg

    Kingsville, TX

    Gross charge —
  155. 155
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  157. 157

    Christus Santa Rosa Medical Center

    San Antonio, TX

    Gross charge —
  158. 158

    CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - San Marcos

    San Marcos, TX

    Gross charge —
  159. 159
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  160. 160

    Christus St Michael Health System (Acute Care)

    Texarkana, TX

    Gross charge —
  161. 161

    CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital - Alice

    Alice, TX

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  166. 166

    Texas Health Hospital Frisco

    Frisco, TX

    Gross charge —
  167. 167

    HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland

    Pearland, TX

    Gross charge —
  168. 168
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  169. 169

    Christus Jasper Memorial Hospital

    Jasper, TX

    Gross charge —
  170. 170

    Methodist Hospital Stone Oak

    San Antonio, TX

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