17/100
#2,246 nationally
Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital
17201 Interstate 45 South, The Woodlands, TX 77385 · (936) 270-2000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital billed $8.44 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
- 8.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 152
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #141
- 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 13% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 16% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 21% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 19% 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 |
1,007 | $28,850 | $2,512 | +48% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
418 | $93,955 | $13,391 | +44% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
341 | $20,532 | $2,989 | -19% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
292 | $129,989 | $11,898 | +108% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
232 | $27,090 | $1,790 | +139% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
229 | $12,147 | $1,748 | +3% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
228 | $17,379 | $1,493 | +72% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
218 | $57,754 | $5,252 | +64% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
217 | $62,159 | $8,797 | +43% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
210 | $88,914 | $11,434 | +62% |
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 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,389 | $1,574 | +263% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$215,542 | $17,243 | +160% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$290,012 | $28,709 | +157% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$52,048 | $3,001 | +155% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$52,497 | $3,209 | +154% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$56,795 | $2,979 | +144% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$95,217 | $6,575 | +139% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,090 | $1,790 | +139% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,532 | $2,989 | -19% |
|
Other Circulatory System Operating Room Procedures
MS-DRG 264 · Inpatient stay |
$123,646 | $19,069 | -9% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$61,936 | $11,116 | -9% |
|
Trauma to the Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast without Major Complications
MS-DRG 605 · Inpatient stay |
$37,820 | $6,942 | -8% |
|
Other Operating Room Procedures for Injuries with Major Complications
MS-DRG 907 · Inpatient stay |
$159,645 | $30,076 | -8% |
|
Back Problems (severe)
MS-DRG 551 · Inpatient stay |
$65,433 | $9,519 | -6% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$84,389 | $15,382 | -4% |
|
Hypertension with Major Complications
MS-DRG 304 · Inpatient stay |
$48,897 | $7,956 | about average |
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.