41/100
#1,566 nationally
Memorial Hermann Hospital System
1635 North Loop West, Houston, TX 77008 · (713) 448-6796
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Memorial Hermann Hospital System billed $4.96 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
- 5.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 250
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #90
- 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 41% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 38% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 42% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 53% 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 |
2,449 | $32,741 | $2,509 | +68% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
1,218 | $80,142 | $17,637 | +23% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
617 | $49,869 | $12,420 | +15% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
612 | $65,364 | $11,950 | +5% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
401 | $23,847 | $2,974 | -6% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
382 | $14,829 | $1,452 | +47% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
359 | $18,500 | $1,738 | +57% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
301 | $150,472 | $21,367 | +13% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
279 | $27,271 | $2,869 | +43% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
251 | $42,433 | $5,253 | +21% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,741 | $2,509 | +68% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,874 | $1,466 | +68% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,063 | $1,459 | +64% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,164 | $1,732 | +60% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,276 | $2,985 | +60% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,500 | $1,738 | +57% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$46,519 | $8,731 | +52% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,574 | $1,889 | +51% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Wound Debridement and Skin Graft Except Hand for Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue D
MS-DRG 463 · Inpatient stay |
$123,302 | $37,149 | -56% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$65,556 | $29,827 | -56% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$46,399 | $18,027 | -51% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,893 | $9,803 | -50% |
|
Cardiac Valve and Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures with Cardiac Catheterization Wit
MS-DRG 216 · Inpatient stay |
$241,418 | $63,597 | -46% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,079 | $7,508 | -44% |
|
Level 1 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5231 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$54,289 | $19,967 | -42% |
|
Aortic and Heart Assist Procedures Except Pulsation Balloon with Major Complications
MS-DRG 268 · Inpatient stay |
$210,190 | $53,049 | -37% |
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.