US Health Care Costs

St Luke's Sugar Land Hospital

1317 Lake Pointe Parkway, Sugar Land, TX 77478 · (281) 637-7000

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$14what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$8.7Mnet income, all sources
−10.5%margin on patient care alone
$5.7Mcost of charity care (5.8% of costs)
$16.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
100beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

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 871117$133,954$16,704
Heart failure, with major complications 29125$73,225$10,881
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69819$88,221$14,854
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85317$230,140$50,290
Lung infection, with major complications 17716$86,045$13,662
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64016$42,182$10,977
Anemia and blood disorders 81213$34,944$8,088
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37812$52,258$8,597
Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. Every US hospital must publish them; search the hospital's website for "price transparency" or "standard charges".