2/100
#2,595 nationally
Hca Houston Healthcare Northwest
710 Cypress Creek Parkway, Houston, TX 77090 · (281) 440-1000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Hca Houston Healthcare Northwest billed $11.17 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
- 11.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 37
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #204
- 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 5% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 0% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 1% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 3% 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 |
169 | $194,025 | $18,776 | +197% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
53 | $95,592 | $15,179 | +120% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
49 | $152,718 | $16,690 | +149% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
34 | $124,071 | $15,380 | +134% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
32 | $129,841 | $15,420 | +168% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
28 | $58,116 | $1,841 | +350% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
26 | $274,546 | $18,509 | +260% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
26 | $100,347 | $12,115 | +204% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
26 | $187,182 | $18,068 | +229% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
20 | $754,985 | $49,842 | +324% |
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 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$118,152 | $3,001 | +480% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$390,826 | $19,633 | +369% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$58,116 | $1,841 | +350% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$268,548 | $12,187 | +330% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$754,985 | $49,842 | +324% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$48,963 | $2,161 | +317% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$122,835 | $11,571 | +312% |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 025 · Inpatient stay |
$792,580 | $48,155 | +312% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 432 · Inpatient stay |
$107,458 | $19,827 | +34% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$113,035 | $16,397 | +101% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$97,959 | $14,666 | +102% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,382 | $2,538 | +108% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$95,592 | $15,179 | +120% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$128,180 | $15,105 | +127% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$124,071 | $15,380 | +134% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$73,887 | $19,836 | +142% |
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.