DRG 065 · Nervous System

Stroke Cost in Texas — Compare All Hospitals

A stroke caused by a blocked blood vessel or bleeding in the brain. Hospital care includes brain imaging, close monitoring, and in some cases a clot-dissolving drug (tPA) given soon after symptoms start, followed by early rehabilitation planning.

State average
$49,643
gross charge · DRG 065
Hospitals
30
with published pricing
Price range
$6,675 – $70,915
low to high
Lowest $6,675 Highest $70,915

30 Texas hospitals publish gross charges for stroke (DRG 065). Prices range from $6,675 to $70,915 — roughly $64,240 apart. The cheapest is Doctors Hosptal at Renaissance in Edinburg; the most expensive is Baptist Beaumont Hospital in Beaumont. The state average sits at $49,643.

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 stroke 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 stroke 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 stroke in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 065 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

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $6,675
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,486
  2. 2

    Yoakum Community Hospital

    Yoakum, TX

    Gross charge $7,202
    Cash pay $4,681
  3. 3

    Comanche County Medical Center

    Comanche, TX

    Gross charge $13,199
    Cash pay $8,579
  4. 4

    Memorial Medical Center

    Port Lavaca, TX

    Gross charge $21,040
    Cash pay $14,728
  5. 5

    Starr County Memorial Hospital

    Rio Grande City, TX

    Gross charge $22,763
  6. 6

    Oakbend Medical Center

    Richmond, TX

    Gross charge $27,233
    Cash pay $5,447
  7. 7

    United Regional Health Care System

    Wichita Falls, TX

    84 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $28,799
    Cash pay $27,359
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,950
  8. 8

    Guadalupe Regional Medical Center

    Seguin, TX

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $31,506
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,392
  9. 9

    UTMB Health - University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

    Galveston, TX

    44 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $37,496
    Cash pay $18,099
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,314
  10. 10

    Wilson N Jones Regional Medical Center

    Sherman, TX

    Gross charge $40,481
    Cash pay $12,144
  11. 11

    Midland Memorial Hospital

    Midland, TX

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $44,406
    Cash pay $11,102
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,458
  12. 12

    Paris Regional Health

    Paris, TX

    32 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $55,286
    Cash pay $19,350
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,162
  13. 13
    Gross charge $55,586
    Cash pay $11,117
  14. 14
    Gross charge $55,586
    Cash pay $11,117
  15. 15

    Parkland Health & Hospital System

    Dallas, TX

    26 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $59,411
    Cash pay $23,764
    Medicare pays (avg) $46,931
  16. 16

    Methodist Dallas Medical Center

    Dallas, TX

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $61,439
    Cash pay $30,720
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,786
  17. 17

    Methodist Richardson Medical Center

    Richardson, TX

    52 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $61,439
    Cash pay $30,720
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,331
  18. 18

    Methodist Charlton Medical Center

    Dallas, TX

    29 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $61,439
    Cash pay $30,720
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,216
  19. 19

    Methodist Mansfield Medical Center

    Mansfield, TX

    30 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $61,439
    Cash pay $30,720
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,394
  20. 20
    Gross charge $61,439
    Cash pay $30,720
  21. 21

    Methodist Midlothian Medical Center

    Midlothian, TX

    Gross charge $61,439
    Cash pay $30,720
  22. 22
    Gross charge $61,439
    Cash pay $30,720
  23. 23
    Gross charge $66,043
    Cash pay $33,021
  24. 24

    UT Health Jacksonville

    Jacksonville, TX

    Gross charge $69,264
    Cash pay $6,926
  25. 25

    UT Health Carthage

    Carthage, TX

    Gross charge $69,264
    Cash pay $6,926
  26. 26

    Ut Health East Texas Athens Hospital

    Athens, TX

    Gross charge $69,264
    Cash pay $6,926
  27. 27

    UT Health Henderson

    Henderson, TX

    Gross charge $69,264
    Cash pay $6,926
  28. 28

    UT Health Pittsburg

    Pittsburg, TX

    Gross charge $69,264
    Cash pay $6,926
  29. 29

    UT Health Quitman

    Quitman, TX

    Gross charge $69,264
    Cash pay $6,926
  30. 30

    Baptist Beaumont Hospital

    Beaumont, TX

    43 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $70,915
    Cash pay $9,219
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,168
  31. 31
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,696
  32. 32

    University Medical Center of El Paso

    El Paso, TX

    30 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $21,152
  33. 33

    Laredo Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Laredo, TX

    31 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,671
  34. 34

    Covenant Medical Center

    Lubbock, TX

    88 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,234
  35. 35

    Ascension Providence Hospital

    Waco, TX

    50 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,704
  36. 36

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

    Dallas, TX

    38 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,840
  37. 37

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple

    Temple, TX

    70 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,512
  38. 38

    Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin

    Austin, TX

    30 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,337
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    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Irving

    Irving, TX

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,510
  41. 41

    Medical City North Hills

    North Richland Hills, TX

    Gross charge —
  42. 42

    HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast (Acute Care)

    Pasadena, TX

    Gross charge —
  43. 43

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Hillcrest

    Waco, TX

    34 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,439
  44. 44

    Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas

    Austin, TX

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $17,430
  45. 45

    Medical Center Hospital

    Odessa, TX

    25 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,715
  46. 46

    Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center - Fort Worth

    Fort Worth, TX

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,168
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  49. 49

    Methodist Hospital Atascosa

    Jourdanton, TX

    Gross charge —
  50. 50

    Medical City Weatherford

    Weatherford, TX

    Gross charge —
  51. 51

    Northwest Texas Healthcare System

    Amarillo, TX

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,495
  52. 52

    University Health University Hospital

    San Antonio, TX

    32 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $19,109
  53. 53

    HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe

    Conroe, TX

    35 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,430
  54. 54

    Hendrick Medical Center

    Abilene, TX

    74 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,386
  55. 55

    Faith Community Hospital

    Jacksboro, TX

    Gross charge —
  56. 56

    Harris Health

    Houston, TX

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $111,836
  57. 57

    Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital - Waxahachie

    Waxahachie, TX

    24 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,720
  58. 58

    Methodist Hospital

    San Antonio, TX

    167 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,326
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    Gross charge —
  60. 60

    St David's Medical Center

    Austin, TX

    45 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,424
  61. 61

    Navarro Regional Hospital

    Corsicana, TX

    Gross charge —
  62. 62

    Matagorda Regional Medical Center

    Bay City, TX

    Gross charge —
  63. 63

    Woodland Heights Medical Center

    Lufkin, TX

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,045
  64. 64

    Covenant Hospital Plainview

    Plainview, TX

    Gross charge —
  65. 65

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Grapevine

    Grapevine, TX

    55 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,931
  66. 66

    Shannon Medical Center

    San Angelo, TX

    45 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,506
  67. 67

    Hendrick Medical Center Brownwood

    Brownwood, TX

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,850
  68. 68

    Lake Granbury Medical Center

    Granbury, TX

    Gross charge —
  69. 69

    HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake

    Webster, TX

    35 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,221
  70. 70

    HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest

    Houston, TX

    Gross charge —
  71. 71

    Doctors Hospital of Laredo

    Laredo, TX

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,825
  72. 72

    Freestone Medical Center

    Fairfield, TX

    Gross charge —
  73. 73

    Medical City Lewisville (Acute Care)

    Lewisville, TX

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,385
  74. 74
    Gross charge —
  75. 75

    HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball

    Tomball, TX

    Gross charge —
  76. 76

    Womans Hospital of Texas,the

    Houston, TX

    Gross charge —
  77. 77

    Medical City Arlington

    Arlington, TX

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,507
  78. 78

    Dallas Regional Medical Center

    Mesquite, TX

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $11,112
  79. 79

    Longview Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Longview, TX

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,714
  80. 80

    Rio Grande Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Mcallen, TX

    Gross charge —
  81. 81

    St David's South Austin Medical Center

    Austin, TX

    35 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,822
  82. 82

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Lake Pointe

    Rowlett, TX

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,266
  83. 83
    Gross charge —
  84. 84

    Corpus Christi Medical Center,the

    Corpus Christi, TX

    25 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,974
  85. 85
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  86. 86
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  87. 87

    Medical City Las Colinas

    Irving, TX

    Gross charge —
  88. 88
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    Gross charge —
  90. 90
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  91. 91

    Harlingen Medical Center

    Harlingen, TX

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $10,561
  92. 92
    Gross charge —
  93. 93

    St Luke's the Woodlands Hospital

    The Woodlands, TX

    25 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,545
  94. 94

    BSW Texas Spine & Joint Hospital

    Tyler, TX

    Gross charge —
  95. 95
    Gross charge —
  96. 96

    Ascension Seton Northwest Hospital

    Austin, TX

    Gross charge —
  97. 97
    Gross charge —
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    Gross charge —
  99. 99
    Gross charge —
  100. 100

    Lubbock Heart Surgery

    Lubbock, TX

    Gross charge —
  101. 101
    Gross charge —
  102. 102
    Gross charge —
  103. 103
    Gross charge —
  104. 104

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Plano

    Plano, TX

    44 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,132
  105. 105
    Gross charge —
  106. 106
    Gross charge —
  107. 107
    Gross charge —
  108. 108
    Gross charge —
  109. 109

    Ascension Seton Highland Lakes

    Burnet, TX

    Gross charge —
  110. 110
    Gross charge —
  111. 111
    Gross charge —
  112. 112
    Gross charge —
  113. 113
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  114. 114
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  115. 115
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  116. 116

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Round Rock

    Round Rock, TX

    35 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,730
  117. 117

    Ascension Seton Williamson Hospital

    Round Rock, TX

    34 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,089
  118. 118

    Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital

    Cedar Park, TX

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,492
  119. 119
    Gross charge —
  120. 120

    St Luke's Sugar Land Hospital

    Sugar Land, TX

    Gross charge —
  121. 121

    Ascension Seton Hays

    Kyle, TX

    24 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,135
  122. 122
    Gross charge —
  123. 123
    Gross charge —
  124. 124

    St Luke's Hospital at the Vintage

    Houston, TX

    Gross charge —
  125. 125
    Gross charge —
  126. 126

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - McKinney

    Mc Kinney, TX

    27 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,645
  127. 127

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - College Station

    College Station, TX

    25 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,163
  128. 128

    Medical City Alliance

    Fort Worth, TX

    Gross charge —
  129. 129

    Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Marble Falls

    Marble Falls, TX

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,164
  130. 130
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  133. 133

    Texas Health Hospital Mansfield

    Mansfield, TX

    Gross charge —
  134. 134

    Jps Health Network

    Fort Worth, TX

    34 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $37,317
  135. 135

    North Texas Medical Center

    Gainesville, TX

    Gross charge —
  136. 136

    South Texas Health System

    Edinburg, TX

    26 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,387
  137. 137

    Medical City Denton

    Denton, TX

    34 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,870
  138. 138

    HCA Houston Healthcare West

    Houston, TX

    Gross charge —
  139. 139

    Medical City Plano

    Plano, TX

    57 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,924
  140. 140

    University Medical Center

    Lubbock, TX

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,792
  141. 141

    Palestine Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Palestine, TX

    Gross charge —
  142. 142
    Gross charge —
  143. 143

    Mc Camey Hospital

    Mccamey, TX

    Gross charge —
  144. 144

    Baptist Neighborhood Hospital Thousand Oaks

    San Antonio, TX

    Gross charge —
  145. 145
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  146. 146
    Gross charge —
  147. 147

    CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Medical Center - Longview (Acute Care)

    Longview, TX

    45 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,041
  148. 148

    CHRISTUS Outpatient Pavilion St. Elizabeth

    Beaumont, TX

    47 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,573
  149. 149

    Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi

    Corpus Christi, TX

    49 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,584
  150. 150

    CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital - Beeville

    Beeville, TX

    Gross charge —
  151. 151

    CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital - Tyler

    Tyler, TX

    116 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,005
  152. 152

    DeTar Hospital Navarro

    Victoria, TX

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,560
  153. 153

    CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital - Kleberg

    Kingsville, TX

    Gross charge —
  154. 154

    St. Luke's Health - Memorial Hospital - Lufkin, TX

    Lufkin, TX

    26 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,866
  155. 155

    CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital - Sulphur Springs (Acute Care)

    Sulphur Springs, TX

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,973
  156. 156

    Christus Santa Rosa Medical Center

    San Antonio, TX

    31 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,645
  157. 157

    CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - San Marcos

    San Marcos, TX

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,115
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  159. 159

    Christus St Michael Health System (Acute Care)

    Texarkana, TX

    54 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,997
  160. 160

    CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital - Alice

    Alice, TX

    Gross charge —
  161. 161
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  162. 162

    St. Joseph Health Regional Hospital - Bryan, TX

    Bryan, TX

    43 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,259
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    Texas Health Hospital Frisco

    Frisco, TX

    Gross charge —
  166. 166

    HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland

    Pearland, TX

    Gross charge —
  167. 167

    Las Palmas Medical Center, A Campus of Las Palmas Del Sol Healthcare

    El Paso, TX

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,370
  168. 168

    Christus Jasper Memorial Hospital

    Jasper, TX

    Gross charge —
  169. 169

    Methodist Hospital Stone Oak

    San Antonio, TX

    39 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,587

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