29/100
#1,897 nationally
Chi St Lukes Lakeside Hospital
17400 St Lukes Way, The Woodlands, TX 77384 · (936) 266-4055
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Chi St Lukes Lakeside Hospital billed $6.90 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 6.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 14
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #106
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- Not rated
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 18% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 38% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 33% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 30% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
104 | $77,236 | $12,085 | +24% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
59 | $40,190 | $6,521 | about average |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
55 | $32,205 | $3,026 | +28% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
51 | $10,827 | $1,491 | -4% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
40 | $16,694 | $3,001 | -18% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
39 | $72,431 | $7,878 | +91% |
|
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 472 · Inpatient stay |
30 | $140,083 | $20,129 | +17% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
26 | $137,751 | $17,243 | +66% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
21 | $72,684 | $9,894 | +41% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
16 | $15,650 | $1,701 | +38% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$72,431 | $7,878 | +91% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$137,751 | $17,243 | +66% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$218,388 | $28,759 | +51% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$72,684 | $9,894 | +41% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,650 | $1,701 | +38% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,205 | $3,026 | +28% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$77,236 | $12,085 | +24% |
|
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 472 · Inpatient stay |
$140,083 | $20,129 | +17% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Back and Neck Procedures Except Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 519 · Inpatient stay |
$60,449 | $13,429 | -29% |
|
Back and Neck Procedures Except Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 520 · Inpatient stay |
$53,367 | $10,460 | -19% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,694 | $3,001 | -18% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,827 | $1,491 | -4% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
$176,942 | $31,273 | about average |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,190 | $6,521 | about average |
|
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 472 · Inpatient stay |
$140,083 | $20,129 | +17% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$77,236 | $12,085 | +24% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.