3/100
#2,565 nationally
Hca Houston Healthcare Kingwood
22999 Us Hwy 59, Kingwood, TX 77325 · (281) 359-7500
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Hca Houston Healthcare Kingwood billed $14.15 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
- 14.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 164
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #195
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- 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 2% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 3% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 2% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 8% 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 |
674 | $228,560 | $17,450 | +250% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
352 | $52,244 | $2,151 | +344% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
214 | $123,498 | $12,057 | +185% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
161 | $140,382 | $11,893 | +201% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
146 | $83,478 | $2,952 | +231% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
143 | $217,496 | $12,187 | +248% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
141 | $49,474 | $2,524 | +155% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
135 | $414,714 | $21,815 | +213% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
125 | $163,845 | $13,256 | +209% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
122 | $361,910 | $27,587 | +190% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Aortic and Heart Assist Procedures Except Pulsation Balloon without Major Complications
MS-DRG 269 · Inpatient stay |
$903,211 | $36,118 | +447% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$68,968 | $1,889 | +434% |
|
Stroke (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 066 · Inpatient stay |
$163,149 | $9,791 | +355% |
|
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 271 · Inpatient stay |
$671,933 | $34,338 | +347% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$52,244 | $2,151 | +344% |
|
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Central Nervous System Principal
MS-DRG 024 · Inpatient stay |
$652,276 | $32,026 | +324% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$351,098 | $17,243 | +323% |
|
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.d.e. with Major Complications
MS-DRG 417 · Inpatient stay |
$440,061 | $27,661 | +319% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Complications of Treatment with Major Complications
MS-DRG 919 · Inpatient stay |
$108,546 | $15,813 | +45% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$237,272 | $30,414 | +60% |
|
Tracheostomy with Mechanical Ventilation >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except Face
MS-DRG 004 · Inpatient stay |
$932,756 | $93,891 | +73% |
|
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 432 · Inpatient stay |
$144,637 | $16,783 | +81% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 395 · Inpatient stay |
$68,866 | $6,693 | +91% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay |
$167,052 | $18,948 | +94% |
|
Malignancy of Hepatobiliary System or Pancreas with Major Complications
MS-DRG 435 · Inpatient stay |
$160,595 | $15,287 | +97% |
|
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Complications
MS-DRG 433 · Inpatient stay |
$93,535 | $9,637 | +104% |
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.