5/100
#2,511 nationally
Hca Houston Healthcare Clear Lake
500 W Medical Center Blvd, Webster, TX 77598 · (281) 332-2511
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Hca Houston Healthcare Clear Lake billed $12.21 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
- 12.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 138
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #182
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 3% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 7% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 5% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 10% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
358 | $211,892 | $16,632 | +225% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
267 | $48,950 | $2,986 | +94% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
180 | $108,927 | $10,865 | +151% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
179 | $49,970 | $2,538 | +157% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
127 | $136,652 | $9,923 | +102% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
115 | $347,440 | $25,251 | +179% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
114 | $267,773 | $21,787 | +102% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
108 | $26,825 | $1,494 | +166% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
82 | $104,704 | $10,874 | +116% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
81 | $136,059 | $12,206 | +157% |
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 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$57,292 | $1,781 | +343% |
|
Coronary Bypass without Cardiac Catheterization without Major Complications
MS-DRG 236 · Inpatient stay |
$754,248 | $34,278 | +311% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$77,915 | $3,233 | +277% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$83,274 | $3,208 | +258% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,543 | $1,574 | +256% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$79,044 | $3,374 | +248% |
|
Extracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 039 · Inpatient stay |
$182,108 | $11,108 | +242% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$139,059 | $9,348 | +232% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$153,096 | $30,414 | +3% |
|
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major
MS-DRG 441 · Inpatient stay |
$96,151 | $13,892 | +26% |
|
Major Hematological and Immunological Diagnoses Except Sickle Cell Crisis and Coagulatio
MS-DRG 808 · Inpatient stay |
$139,760 | $16,410 | +31% |
|
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 673 · Inpatient stay |
$208,616 | $29,904 | +36% |
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 299 · Inpatient stay |
$94,342 | $12,921 | +40% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$74,279 | $13,227 | +49% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$81,419 | $9,894 | +58% |
|
ECMO or Tracheostomy with Mechanical Ventilation >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except
MS-DRG 003 · Inpatient stay |
$1,409,939 | $122,220 | +61% |
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.