45/100
#1,430 nationally
Memorial Hermann Memorial City Hospital
921 Gessner, Houston, TX 77024 · (713) 242-3000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Memorial Hermann Memorial City Hospital billed $4.73 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
- 4.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 113
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #78
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 47% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 48% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 43% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 36% 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 |
543 | $29,090 | $2,520 | +50% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
309 | $22,654 | $2,999 | -10% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
308 | $76,314 | $17,323 | +17% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
282 | $62,046 | $12,037 | about average |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
186 | $15,012 | $1,489 | +49% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
162 | $50,518 | $11,480 | +16% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
129 | $40,607 | $4,751 | +48% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
127 | $14,249 | $1,764 | +21% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
117 | $42,796 | $6,464 | +7% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
108 | $110,049 | $26,147 | -12% |
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 |
$25,671 | $1,523 | +126% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$82,177 | $8,287 | +85% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,187 | $1,439 | +80% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,972 | $1,485 | +75% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$52,122 | $4,612 | +74% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,810 | $3,534 | +54% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,090 | $2,520 | +50% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,012 | $1,489 | +49% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,451 | $18,027 | -58% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$64,606 | $30,415 | -57% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,498 | $9,706 | -51% |
|
Cardiac Valve and Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures with Cardiac Catheterization Wit
MS-DRG 216 · Inpatient stay |
$222,525 | $69,316 | -50% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,588 | $7,878 | -46% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications
MS-DRG 243 · Inpatient stay |
$55,555 | $20,670 | -41% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$58,091 | $16,226 | -39% |
|
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 270 · Inpatient stay |
$136,937 | $40,206 | -39% |
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.