US Health Care Costs

HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast

4000 Spencer Hwy, Pasadena, TX 77504 · (713) 359-1000

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$6what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$103.0Mnet income, all sources
26.1%margin on patient care alone
$54.2Mcost of charity care (18.4% of costs)
$47.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
298beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024.

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 871152$187,903$19,224
Heart failure, with major complications 29155$105,177$14,870
Pneumonia, with major complications 19343$136,156$15,481
Heart attack, with major complications 28033$137,641$16,886
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64029$125,540$16,541
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85324$442,094$42,040
Breathing problem needing a ventilator (up to 4 days) 20823$293,375$25,446
Stomach and digestive disorders 39222$90,791$11,321
Kidney failure, with complications 68321$96,492$11,858
Respiratory failure 18919$113,564$14,465
Hip or knee replacement 47019$257,577$22,894
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69819$199,756$17,635
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37717$194,623$18,697
Lung infection, with major complications 17716$189,859$18,144
Urinary tract infection 69016$77,550$11,340
Seizures with Mcc 10015$210,700$19,994
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68915$93,395$13,659
Kidney failure, with major complications 68214$129,419$16,171
Stroke, with major complications 06413$185,921$17,420
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Mcc 43213$248,417$19,457
Sepsis 87213$103,772$13,452
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 32112$328,521$27,363
Delirium and other mental confusion 88412$130,830$17,167
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Mcc 27011$558,836$46,482
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