23/100
#2,089 nationally
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center
6411 Fannin, Houston, TX 77030 · (713) 704-3700
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center billed $5.39 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
- 5.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 187
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #120
- 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 33% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 20% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 18% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 13% 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 |
628 | $36,819 | $2,519 | +89% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
409 | $114,869 | $24,783 | +76% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
355 | $93,379 | $12,047 | +49% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
207 | $25,587 | $2,808 | about average |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
201 | $19,306 | $1,745 | +64% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
182 | $75,110 | $16,816 | +73% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
170 | $171,392 | $21,487 | +29% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
144 | $82,508 | $6,560 | +107% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
133 | $128,566 | $23,121 | +69% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
125 | $144,374 | $25,801 | +73% |
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 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$62,612 | $2,167 | +333% |
|
Level 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$235,710 | $7,221 | +299% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$43,506 | $2,079 | +270% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$61,729 | $2,985 | +226% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$66,297 | $3,770 | +221% |
|
Level 4 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5504 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$70,276 | $3,585 | +199% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,020 | $1,468 | +150% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,351 | $1,574 | +149% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$104,766 | $30,414 | -29% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,532 | $9,658 | -23% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,643 | $7,675 | -22% |
|
Interstitial Lung Disease with Major Complications
MS-DRG 196 · Inpatient stay |
$65,428 | $25,338 | -18% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 087 · Inpatient stay |
$46,067 | $12,331 | -17% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$36,519 | $14,678 | -13% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$125,799 | $30,139 | -12% |
|
Other Multiple Significant Trauma with Major Complications
MS-DRG 963 · Inpatient stay |
$112,235 | $32,607 | -12% |
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.