DRG 003 · Respiratory

ECMO or Tracheostomy with Ventilation Cost in Texas — Compare All Hospitals

The most intensive level of life support: a heart-lung bypass machine (ECMO) or a surgically placed breathing tube (tracheostomy) with a ventilator for an extended period. These are long intensive-care stays for critically ill patients whose heart or lungs are failing.

State average
$656,005
gross charge · DRG 003
Hospitals
20
with published pricing
Price range
$140,225 – $976,242
low to high
Lowest $140,225 Highest $976,242

20 Texas hospitals publish gross charges for ecmo or tracheostomy with ventilation (DRG 003). Prices range from $140,225 to $976,242 — roughly 7×. The cheapest is Doctors Hosptal at Renaissance in Edinburg; the most expensive is Parkland Health & Hospital System in Dallas. The state average sits at $656,005.

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 ecmo or tracheostomy with ventilation 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 ecmo or tracheostomy with ventilation 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 ecmo or tracheostomy with ventilation in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 003 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 $140,225
  2. 2

    Wilson N Jones Regional Medical Center

    Sherman, TX

    Gross charge $207,802
    Cash pay $62,340
  3. 3

    Oakbend Medical Center

    Richmond, TX

    Gross charge $477,329
    Cash pay $95,466
  4. 4

    United Regional Health Care System

    Wichita Falls, TX

    Gross charge $528,027
    Cash pay $501,626
  5. 5

    Methodist Dallas Medical Center

    Dallas, TX

    Gross charge $660,173
    Cash pay $330,087
  6. 6

    Methodist Richardson Medical Center

    Richardson, TX

    Gross charge $660,173
    Cash pay $330,087
  7. 7

    Methodist Charlton Medical Center

    Dallas, TX

    Gross charge $660,173
    Cash pay $330,087
  8. 8

    Methodist Mansfield Medical Center

    Mansfield, TX

    Gross charge $660,173
    Cash pay $330,087
  9. 9
    Gross charge $660,173
    Cash pay $330,087
  10. 10

    Methodist Midlothian Medical Center

    Midlothian, TX

    Gross charge $660,173
    Cash pay $330,087
  11. 11
    Gross charge $660,173
    Cash pay $330,087
  12. 12

    Baptist Beaumont Hospital

    Beaumont, TX

    Gross charge $725,605
    Cash pay $94,329
  13. 13

    UT Health Jacksonville

    Jacksonville, TX

    Gross charge $763,586
    Cash pay $76,359
  14. 14

    UT Health Carthage

    Carthage, TX

    Gross charge $763,586
    Cash pay $76,359
  15. 15

    Ut Health East Texas Athens Hospital

    Athens, TX

    Gross charge $763,586
    Cash pay $76,359
  16. 16

    UT Health Henderson

    Henderson, TX

    Gross charge $763,586
    Cash pay $76,359
  17. 17

    UT Health Pittsburg

    Pittsburg, TX

    Gross charge $763,586
    Cash pay $76,359
  18. 18

    UT Health Quitman

    Quitman, TX

    Gross charge $763,586
    Cash pay $76,359
  19. 19

    UTMB Health - University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

    Galveston, TX

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $862,133
    Cash pay $569,008
    Medicare pays (avg) $170,796
  20. 20

    Parkland Health & Hospital System

    Dallas, TX

    Gross charge $976,242
    Cash pay $390,497
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    Medicare pays (avg) $179,428
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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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    Covenant Medical Center

    Lubbock, TX

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  25. 25

    Ascension Providence Hospital

    Waco, TX

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  26. 26

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

    Dallas, TX

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $274,777
  27. 27

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple

    Temple, TX

    26 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $141,789
  28. 28

    Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin

    Austin, TX

    15 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $158,675
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    Medical City North Hills

    North Richland Hills, TX

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  32. 32

    HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast (Acute Care)

    Pasadena, TX

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    Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas

    Austin, TX

    13 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $188,919
  35. 35

    Medical Center Hospital

    Odessa, TX

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  36. 36

    Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center - Fort Worth

    Fort Worth, TX

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $132,025
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    Methodist Hospital Atascosa

    Jourdanton, TX

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  40. 40

    Medical City Weatherford

    Weatherford, TX

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    Northwest Texas Healthcare System

    Amarillo, TX

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  42. 42

    University Health University Hospital

    San Antonio, TX

    25 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $186,271
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    HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe

    Conroe, TX

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  44. 44

    Hendrick Medical Center

    Abilene, TX

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  45. 45

    Faith Community Hospital

    Jacksboro, TX

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    Harris Health

    Houston, TX

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  48. 48

    Methodist Hospital

    San Antonio, TX

    33 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $124,179
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    St David's Medical Center

    Austin, TX

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $150,340
  51. 51

    Navarro Regional Hospital

    Corsicana, TX

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  52. 52

    Matagorda Regional Medical Center

    Bay City, TX

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  53. 53

    Woodland Heights Medical Center

    Lufkin, TX

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  54. 54

    Covenant Hospital Plainview

    Plainview, TX

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  55. 55

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Grapevine

    Grapevine, TX

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  56. 56

    Shannon Medical Center

    San Angelo, TX

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  57. 57

    Hendrick Medical Center Brownwood

    Brownwood, TX

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  58. 58

    Lake Granbury Medical Center

    Granbury, TX

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  59. 59

    HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake

    Webster, TX

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $102,644
  60. 60

    HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest

    Houston, TX

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  61. 61

    Doctors Hospital of Laredo

    Laredo, TX

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  62. 62

    Freestone Medical Center

    Fairfield, TX

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  63. 63

    Medical City Lewisville (Acute Care)

    Lewisville, TX

    Gross charge —
  64. 64
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    HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball

    Tomball, TX

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  66. 66

    Womans Hospital of Texas,the

    Houston, TX

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  67. 67

    Medical City Arlington

    Arlington, TX

    Gross charge —
  68. 68

    Dallas Regional Medical Center

    Mesquite, TX

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $156,620
  69. 69

    Longview Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Longview, TX

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  70. 70

    Rio Grande Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Mcallen, TX

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  71. 71

    St David's South Austin Medical Center

    Austin, TX

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  74. 74

    Corpus Christi Medical Center,the

    Corpus Christi, TX

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  75. 75
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  76. 76
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  77. 77

    Medical City Las Colinas

    Irving, TX

    Gross charge —
  78. 78
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    Harlingen Medical Center

    Harlingen, TX

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $193,708
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    St Luke's the Woodlands Hospital

    The Woodlands, TX

    Gross charge —
  84. 84

    BSW Texas Spine & Joint Hospital

    Tyler, TX

    Gross charge —
  85. 85
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  86. 86

    Ascension Seton Northwest Hospital

    Austin, TX

    Gross charge —
  87. 87
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  90. 90

    Lubbock Heart Surgery

    Lubbock, TX

    Gross charge —
  91. 91
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    Ascension Seton Highland Lakes

    Burnet, TX

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  100. 100
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  104. 104

    Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital - Plano

    Plano, TX

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $146,437
  105. 105
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  106. 106

    Ascension Seton Williamson Hospital

    Round Rock, TX

    Gross charge —
  107. 107

    Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital

    Cedar Park, TX

    Gross charge —
  108. 108
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  109. 109

    St Luke's Sugar Land Hospital

    Sugar Land, TX

    Gross charge —
  110. 110

    Ascension Seton Hays

    Kyle, TX

    Gross charge —
  111. 111
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  113. 113

    St Luke's Hospital at the Vintage

    Houston, TX

    Gross charge —
  114. 114
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  115. 115

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - McKinney

    Mc Kinney, TX

    Gross charge —
  116. 116

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - College Station

    College Station, TX

    Gross charge —
  117. 117

    Medical City Alliance

    Fort Worth, TX

    Gross charge —
  118. 118

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Marble Falls

    Marble Falls, TX

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  119. 119
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  120. 120
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  122. 122

    Texas Health Hospital Mansfield

    Mansfield, TX

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  123. 123

    Jps Health Network

    Fort Worth, TX

    Gross charge —
  124. 124

    North Texas Medical Center

    Gainesville, TX

    Gross charge —
  125. 125

    South Texas Health System

    Edinburg, TX

    Gross charge —
  126. 126

    Medical City Denton

    Denton, TX

    Gross charge —
  127. 127

    HCA Houston Healthcare West

    Houston, TX

    Gross charge —
  128. 128

    Medical City Plano

    Plano, TX

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $128,952
  129. 129

    University Medical Center

    Lubbock, TX

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  130. 130

    Palestine Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Palestine, TX

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  132. 132

    Mc Camey Hospital

    Mccamey, TX

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  133. 133
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  135. 135

    CHRISTUS Outpatient Pavilion St. Elizabeth

    Beaumont, TX

    Gross charge —
  136. 136

    Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi

    Corpus Christi, TX

    Gross charge —
  137. 137

    CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital - Beeville

    Beeville, TX

    Gross charge —
  138. 138

    CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital - Tyler

    Tyler, TX

    Gross charge —
  139. 139

    DeTar Hospital Navarro

    Victoria, TX

    Gross charge —
  140. 140

    CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital - Kleberg

    Kingsville, TX

    Gross charge —
  141. 141
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  143. 143

    Christus Santa Rosa Medical Center

    San Antonio, TX

    Gross charge —
  144. 144

    CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - San Marcos

    San Marcos, TX

    Gross charge —
  145. 145
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  146. 146

    Christus St Michael Health System (Acute Care)

    Texarkana, TX

    Gross charge —
  147. 147

    CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital - Alice

    Alice, TX

    Gross charge —
  148. 148
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    Texas Health Hospital Frisco

    Frisco, TX

    Gross charge —
  153. 153

    HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland

    Pearland, TX

    Gross charge —
  154. 154
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  155. 155

    Christus Jasper Memorial Hospital

    Jasper, TX

    Gross charge —
  156. 156

    Methodist Hospital Stone Oak

    San Antonio, TX

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