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
$49,786
gross charge · DRG 602
Hospitals
30
with published pricing
Price range
$9,390 – $74,512
low to high
Lowest $9,390 Highest $74,512

30 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 $49,786.

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

    Comanche County Medical Center

    Comanche, TX

    Gross charge $15,787
    Cash pay $10,262
  3. 3

    Yoakum Community Hospital

    Yoakum, TX

    Gross charge $21,849
    Cash pay $14,202
  4. 4

    Guadalupe Regional Medical Center

    Seguin, TX

    Gross charge $26,098
  5. 5

    Oakbend Medical Center

    Richmond, TX

    Gross charge $27,785
    Cash pay $5,557
  6. 6

    Memorial Medical Center

    Port Lavaca, TX

    Gross charge $28,382
    Cash pay $19,867
  7. 7

    Paris Regional Health

    Paris, TX

    Gross charge $33,339
    Cash pay $11,669
  8. 8

    Wilson N Jones Regional Medical Center

    Sherman, TX

    Gross charge $37,234
    Cash pay $11,170
  9. 9

    Midland Memorial Hospital

    Midland, TX

    Gross charge $38,049
    Cash pay $9,512
  10. 10

    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
  11. 11

    Baptist Beaumont Hospital

    Beaumont, TX

    Gross charge $52,698
    Cash pay $6,851
  12. 12

    Methodist Dallas Medical Center

    Dallas, TX

    Gross charge $54,211
    Cash pay $27,106
  13. 13

    Methodist Richardson Medical Center

    Richardson, TX

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

    Methodist Charlton Medical Center

    Dallas, TX

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

    Methodist Mansfield Medical Center

    Mansfield, TX

    Gross charge $54,211
    Cash pay $27,106
  16. 16
    Gross charge $54,211
    Cash pay $27,106
  17. 17

    Methodist Midlothian Medical Center

    Midlothian, TX

    Gross charge $54,211
    Cash pay $27,106
  18. 18
    Gross charge $54,211
    Cash pay $27,106
  19. 19
    Gross charge $55,359
    Cash pay $27,679
  20. 20
    Gross charge $58,866
    Cash pay $11,773
  21. 21
    Gross charge $58,866
    Cash pay $11,773
  22. 22
    Gross charge $65,681
    Cash pay $45,976
  23. 23

    UT Health Jacksonville

    Jacksonville, TX

    Gross charge $66,517
    Cash pay $6,652
  24. 24

    UT Health Carthage

    Carthage, TX

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

    Ut Health East Texas Athens Hospital

    Athens, TX

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

    UT Health Henderson

    Henderson, TX

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

    UT Health Pittsburg

    Pittsburg, TX

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

    UT Health Quitman

    Quitman, TX

    Gross charge $66,517
    Cash pay $6,652
  29. 29

    Parkland Health & Hospital System

    Dallas, TX

    Gross charge $70,049
    Cash pay $28,020
  30. 30

    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
  31. 31
    Gross charge
  32. 32
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,547
  33. 33

    University Medical Center of El Paso

    El Paso, TX

    Gross charge
  34. 34

    Laredo Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Laredo, TX

    Gross charge
  35. 35
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  36. 36

    CHRISTUS Outpatient Pavilion St. Elizabeth

    Beaumont, TX

    Gross charge
  37. 37

    Covenant Medical Center

    Lubbock, TX

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,578
  38. 38

    Ascension Providence Hospital

    Waco, TX

    Gross charge
  39. 39

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

    Dallas, TX

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,539
  40. 40

    Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi

    Corpus Christi, TX

    Gross charge
  41. 41

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple

    Temple, TX

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,303
  42. 42

    Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin

    Austin, TX

    Gross charge
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  45. 45

    CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital - Beeville

    Beeville, TX

    Gross charge
  46. 46
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  47. 47

    CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital - Tyler

    Tyler, TX

    25 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,610
  48. 48
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  49. 49

    Medical Center Hospital

    Odessa, TX

    Gross charge
  50. 50
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  52. 52

    DeTar Hospital Navarro

    Victoria, TX

    Gross charge
  53. 53
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  54. 54

    CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital - Kleberg

    Kingsville, TX

    Gross charge
  55. 55

    Methodist Hospital Atascosa

    Jourdanton, TX

    Gross charge
  56. 56

    Northwest Texas Healthcare System

    Amarillo, TX

    Gross charge
  57. 57
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  58. 58

    University Health University Hospital

    San Antonio, TX

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $19,099
  59. 59

    Hendrick Medical Center

    Abilene, TX

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,186
  60. 60
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  61. 61

    Christus Santa Rosa Medical Center

    San Antonio, TX

    Gross charge
  62. 62

    Faith Community Hospital

    Jacksboro, TX

    Gross charge
  63. 63

    CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - San Marcos

    San Marcos, TX

    Gross charge
  64. 64

    Harris Health

    Houston, TX

    Gross charge
  65. 65
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  66. 66
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  67. 67
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  68. 68

    Navarro Regional Hospital

    Corsicana, TX

    Gross charge
  69. 69

    Matagorda Regional Medical Center

    Bay City, TX

    Gross charge
  70. 70

    Woodland Heights Medical Center

    Lufkin, TX

    Gross charge
  71. 71

    Covenant Hospital Plainview

    Plainview, TX

    Gross charge
  72. 72

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Grapevine

    Grapevine, TX

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,648
  73. 73

    Shannon Medical Center

    San Angelo, TX

    Gross charge
  74. 74

    Hendrick Medical Center Brownwood

    Brownwood, TX

    Gross charge
  75. 75

    Lake Granbury Medical Center

    Granbury, TX

    Gross charge
  76. 76

    HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest

    Houston, TX

    Gross charge
  77. 77

    Doctors Hospital of Laredo

    Laredo, TX

    Gross charge
  78. 78

    Freestone Medical Center

    Fairfield, TX

    Gross charge
  79. 79
    Gross charge
  80. 80

    HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball

    Tomball, TX

    Gross charge
  81. 81

    Womans Hospital of Texas,the

    Houston, TX

    Gross charge
  82. 82

    Dallas Regional Medical Center

    Mesquite, TX

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $14,071
  83. 83
    Gross charge
  84. 84

    Longview Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Longview, TX

    Gross charge
  85. 85

    Rio Grande Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Mcallen, TX

    Gross charge
  86. 86
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  87. 87
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  88. 88

    Christus St Michael Health System (Acute Care)

    Texarkana, TX

    Gross charge
  89. 89
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  90. 90

    CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital - Alice

    Alice, TX

    Gross charge
  91. 91
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  92. 92
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  93. 93
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  94. 94

    Harlingen Medical Center

    Harlingen, TX

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $14,619
  95. 95
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  96. 96

    St Luke's the Woodlands Hospital

    The Woodlands, TX

    Gross charge
  97. 97

    BSW Texas Spine & Joint Hospital

    Tyler, TX

    Gross charge
  98. 98
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  99. 99

    Ascension Seton Northwest Hospital

    Austin, TX

    Gross charge
  100. 100
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  101. 101
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  102. 102

    Lubbock Heart Surgery

    Lubbock, TX

    Gross charge
  103. 103
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  104. 104

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Plano

    Plano, TX

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,029
  105. 105
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  107. 107
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  108. 108
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  109. 109
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  110. 110

    Ascension Seton Highland Lakes

    Burnet, TX

    Gross charge
  111. 111
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  112. 112
    Gross charge
  113. 113
    Gross charge
  114. 114
    Gross charge
  115. 115

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Brenham

    Brenham, TX

    Gross charge
  116. 116
    Gross charge
  117. 117
    Gross charge
  118. 118
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  119. 119
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  120. 120

    Ascension Seton Williamson Hospital

    Round Rock, TX

    Gross charge
  121. 121

    Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital

    Cedar Park, TX

    Gross charge
  122. 122

    St Luke's Sugar Land Hospital

    Sugar Land, TX

    Gross charge
  123. 123

    Ascension Seton Hays

    Kyle, TX

    Gross charge
  124. 124
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  125. 125
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  126. 126
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  127. 127

    St Luke's Hospital at the Vintage

    Houston, TX

    Gross charge
  128. 128
    Gross charge
  129. 129

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - McKinney

    Mc Kinney, TX

    Gross charge
  130. 130

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - College Station

    College Station, TX

    Gross charge
  131. 131

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Marble Falls

    Marble Falls, TX

    Gross charge
  132. 132
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  133. 133
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  134. 134
    Gross charge
  135. 135

    Texas Health Hospital Frisco

    Frisco, TX

    Gross charge
  136. 136

    Texas Health Hospital Mansfield

    Mansfield, TX

    Gross charge
  137. 137

    Jps Health Network

    Fort Worth, TX

    Gross charge
  138. 138

    Medical City North Hills

    North Richland Hills, TX

    Gross charge
  139. 139

    North Texas Medical Center

    Gainesville, TX

    Gross charge
  140. 140

    HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast (Acute Care)

    Pasadena, TX

    Gross charge
  141. 141
    Gross charge
  142. 142

    South Texas Health System

    Edinburg, TX

    Gross charge
  143. 143

    Medical City Weatherford

    Weatherford, TX

    Gross charge
  144. 144

    HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe

    Conroe, TX

    Gross charge
  145. 145

    Methodist Hospital

    San Antonio, TX

    43 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,736
  146. 146

    St David's Medical Center

    Austin, TX

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,205
  147. 147

    Christus Jasper Memorial Hospital

    Jasper, TX

    Gross charge
  148. 148

    HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake

    Webster, TX

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,333
  149. 149

    Medical City Denton

    Denton, TX

    Gross charge
  150. 150

    HCA Houston Healthcare West

    Houston, TX

    Gross charge
  151. 151

    Medical City Plano

    Plano, TX

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,188
  152. 152

    Medical City Lewisville (Acute Care)

    Lewisville, TX

    Gross charge
  153. 153

    Medical City Arlington

    Arlington, TX

    Gross charge
  154. 154

    University Medical Center

    Lubbock, TX

    Gross charge
  155. 155

    St David's South Austin Medical Center

    Austin, TX

    Gross charge
  156. 156

    Palestine Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Palestine, TX

    Gross charge
  157. 157

    Corpus Christi Medical Center,the

    Corpus Christi, TX

    Gross charge
  158. 158
    Gross charge
  159. 159

    Medical City Las Colinas

    Irving, TX

    Gross charge
  160. 160
    Gross charge
  161. 161
    Gross charge
  162. 162
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  163. 163
    Gross charge
  164. 164

    Mc Camey Hospital

    Mccamey, TX

    Gross charge
  165. 165
    Gross charge
  166. 166

    Methodist Hospital Stone Oak

    San Antonio, TX

    Gross charge
  167. 167

    Baptist Neighborhood Hospital Thousand Oaks

    San Antonio, TX

    Gross charge
  168. 168

    Medical City Alliance

    Fort Worth, TX

    Gross charge
  169. 169

    HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland

    Pearland, TX

    Gross charge
  170. 170
    Gross charge
  171. 171
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