22/100
#2,130 nationally
St Luke's The Woodlands Hospital
17200 St Luke's Way, The Woodlands, TX 77384 · (936) 266-4050
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Luke's The Woodlands Hospital billed $7.39 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
- 7.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 76
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #127
- 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 16% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 20% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 25% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 38% 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 |
430 | $32,099 | $2,533 | +65% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
189 | $99,752 | $15,095 | +53% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
180 | $32,413 | $2,978 | +28% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
119 | $65,738 | $10,182 | +51% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
64 | $67,891 | $12,355 | +23% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
55 | $16,657 | $1,504 | +65% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
48 | $85,895 | $10,192 | +27% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
41 | $62,334 | $10,394 | +29% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
39 | $252,855 | $25,874 | +103% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
38 | $32,832 | $5,257 | -6% |
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 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,817 | $2,635 | +153% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$252,855 | $25,874 | +103% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$75,946 | $8,879 | +94% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$356,065 | $34,908 | +88% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$52,443 | $6,631 | +76% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$54,629 | $6,666 | +75% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$253,409 | $30,414 | +71% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,292 | $2,843 | +69% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,029 | $9,222 | -31% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$55,432 | $14,213 | -29% |
|
Interstitial Lung Disease with Major Complications
MS-DRG 196 · Inpatient stay |
$63,527 | $13,342 | -21% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,832 | $5,257 | -6% |
|
Extracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 039 · Inpatient stay |
$53,065 | $9,225 | about average |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 025 · Inpatient stay |
$192,687 | $31,285 | about average |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$96,465 | $10,277 | about average |
|
Coronary Bypass with Cardiac Catheterization or Open Ablation with Major Complications
MS-DRG 233 · Inpatient stay |
$317,668 | $63,542 | +3% |
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.