18/100
#2,214 nationally
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital
18220 State Highway 249, Houston, TX 77070 · (281) 477-1000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital billed $7.59 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
- 7.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 138
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #137
- 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 16% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 18% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 20% 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 |
873 | $24,471 | $2,517 | +26% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
507 | $112,600 | $15,427 | +73% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
231 | $60,370 | $10,074 | +39% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
177 | $20,638 | $3,002 | -18% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
152 | $125,068 | $12,048 | +100% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
137 | $87,792 | $12,807 | +60% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
137 | $20,650 | $1,503 | +105% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
135 | $73,042 | $10,192 | +8% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
129 | $74,947 | $6,552 | +88% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
127 | $12,304 | $1,744 | +5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$147,290 | $17,733 | +208% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,562 | $1,790 | +169% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$215,805 | $16,704 | +160% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,160 | $1,889 | +157% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$51,634 | $3,233 | +150% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$49,879 | $2,947 | +145% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$55,226 | $3,472 | +143% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$55,066 | $3,208 | +137% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Back Problems (severe)
MS-DRG 551 · Inpatient stay |
$48,393 | $12,064 | -30% |
|
Other Operating Room Procedures for Injuries with Major Complications
MS-DRG 907 · Inpatient stay |
$126,173 | $26,799 | -27% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,638 | $3,002 | -18% |
|
Nervous System Neoplasms with Major Complications
MS-DRG 054 · Inpatient stay |
$55,533 | $10,840 | -16% |
|
Complicated Peptic Ulcer with Major Complications
MS-DRG 380 · Inpatient stay |
$70,620 | $15,557 | -16% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$74,505 | $16,482 | -5% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$38,165 | $7,935 | about average |
|
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 673 · Inpatient stay |
$150,695 | $27,549 | 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.