18/100
#2,212 nationally
Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital
4401 Garth Road, Baytown, TX 77521 · (281) 420-8600
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital billed $7.42 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
- 7.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 85
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #135
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- 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 17% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 16% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 18% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 27% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
461 | $30,470 | $2,494 | +57% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
358 | $115,347 | $16,446 | +77% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
220 | $31,344 | $2,107 | +167% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
159 | $77,169 | $11,906 | +78% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
118 | $118,066 | $11,829 | +89% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
88 | $21,930 | $2,977 | -13% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
87 | $97,780 | $14,549 | +59% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
87 | $31,110 | $2,875 | +63% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
85 | $77,472 | $6,571 | +94% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
76 | $100,446 | $14,204 | +83% |
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 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,482 | $1,667 | +177% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,344 | $2,107 | +167% |
|
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5493 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$62,702 | $4,846 | +158% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$50,028 | $3,111 | +142% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$50,737 | $3,472 | +124% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications
MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay |
$178,260 | $17,825 | +108% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$172,104 | $17,243 | +107% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$69,225 | $9,263 | +100% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,930 | $2,977 | -13% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay |
$62,054 | $14,339 | -6% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,112 | $1,764 | -5% |
|
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Major Complications
MS-DRG 371 · Inpatient stay |
$67,346 | $16,386 | about average |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$70,460 | $14,574 | about average |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$133,345 | $21,966 | about average |
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 300 · Inpatient stay |
$45,515 | $10,399 | +6% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$102,811 | $18,375 | +17% |
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.