22/100
#2,129 nationally
St Luke's Patients Medical Center
4600 East Sam Houston Parkway South, Pasadena, TX 77505 · (281) 487-0700
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Luke's Patients Medical Center billed $8.08 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
- 8.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 20
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #126
- 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 10% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 29% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 28% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 26% 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 |
56 | $36,137 | $2,511 | +86% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
50 | $26,328 | $3,233 | +28% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
38 | $22,647 | $1,889 | +75% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
35 | $106,935 | $13,384 | +64% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
32 | $21,698 | $1,674 | +85% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
27 | $39,745 | $6,438 | about average |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
25 | $10,477 | $1,448 | -7% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
20 | $71,568 | $8,624 | +65% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
18 | $17,828 | $3,001 | -13% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
17 | $54,363 | $6,940 | +39% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$60,902 | $5,512 | +89% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,137 | $2,511 | +86% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,698 | $1,674 | +85% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,647 | $1,889 | +75% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$71,568 | $8,624 | +65% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$106,935 | $13,384 | +64% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$46,899 | $6,189 | +54% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$84,474 | $11,130 | +54% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,619 | $5,351 | -18% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,828 | $3,001 | -13% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,799 | $2,161 | -8% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,477 | $1,448 | -7% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,637 | $4,798 | -7% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,034 | $2,635 | -4% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,594 | $3,208 | about average |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,745 | $6,438 | 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.