US Health Care Costs

HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest

710 Cypress Creek Parkway, Houston, TX 77090 · (281) 440-1000

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$6what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$59.7Mnet income, all sources
13.1%margin on patient care alone
$57.5Mcost of charity care (19.0% of costs)
$60.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
298beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending May 2025.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 871169$194,025$18,776
Heart failure, with major complications 29153$95,592$15,179
Heart attack, with major complications 28049$152,718$16,690
Kidney failure, with major complications 68234$124,071$15,380
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64032$129,841$15,420
Stroke, with major complications 06426$274,546$18,509
Kidney failure, with complications 68326$100,347$12,115
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69826$187,182$18,068
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85320$754,985$49,842
Respiratory failure 18919$97,959$14,666
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48118$390,826$19,633
Sepsis 87218$118,635$13,255
Back problems (no surgery) 55214$156,440$12,478
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64114$73,887$19,836
Pneumonia, with major complications 19313$127,505$15,054
Urinary tract infection 69013$122,835$11,571
Anemia and blood disorders, with major complications 81113$113,035$16,397
Lung infection, with major complications 17712$145,442$17,133
Breathing problem needing a ventilator (up to 4 days) 20812$305,768$23,580
Fainting 31212$123,668$11,776
Stomach and digestive disorders 39212$93,152$10,261
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Mcc 43212$107,458$19,827
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Mcc 02511$792,580$48,155
Hip or knee replacement 47011$272,607$26,865
Diabetes, with major complications 63711$128,180$15,105
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68911$148,455$12,240

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