5/100
#2,512 nationally
Hca Houston Healthcare Conroe
504 Medical Center Blvd, Conroe, TX 77304 · (936) 539-1111
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Hca Houston Healthcare Conroe billed $12.18 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
- 64
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #183
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 5% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 4% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 11% 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 |
166 | $201,400 | $16,610 | +209% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
88 | $110,791 | $12,109 | +155% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
83 | $55,617 | $2,538 | +186% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
68 | $53,773 | $2,985 | +184% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
48 | $58,164 | $3,027 | +130% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
46 | $175,878 | $11,269 | +182% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
43 | $235,746 | $26,499 | +89% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
40 | $148,871 | $14,088 | +181% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
36 | $146,966 | $12,624 | +215% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
36 | $27,217 | $1,503 | +170% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Central Nervous System Principal
MS-DRG 023 · Inpatient stay |
$962,409 | $47,550 | +320% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$91,286 | $3,208 | +293% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$169,175 | $9,885 | +271% |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 025 · Inpatient stay |
$696,393 | $38,259 | +262% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$291,388 | $16,462 | +251% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$188,328 | $14,521 | +232% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$65,776 | $2,818 | +223% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$146,966 | $12,624 | +215% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$122,704 | $17,652 | +39% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$82,084 | $14,836 | +64% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$222,063 | $21,966 | +67% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$81,937 | $11,884 | +69% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$61,732 | $9,191 | +79% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$89,094 | $11,848 | +86% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$235,746 | $26,499 | +89% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$181,066 | $16,226 | +90% |
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.