Hospital · Federal record

Baylor St Lukes Medical Center

Acute Care Hospitals · Voluntary non-profit - Church · 881 beds · HOUSTON, TX

  • CCN 450193
  • 3 / 5 CMS overall
  • HCAHPS recommend 64%
  • Teaching hospital

CMS quality programs

Federal payment-adjustment programs

HRRP · HACRP · HVBP
HRRP
Within or better
Excess readmission ratio: 0.971
HACRP
Not penalized
HAC composite: 0.09
HVBP
Score 29.96
Value-based purchasing · FY 2024

Patient experience (HCAHPS)

CMS Hospital Compare Updated Apr 30, 2026
Would recommend this hospital
64%
HCAHPS summary star rating 3 / 5

CMS publishes only the summary star rating and "would recommend" percentage in the current Hospital General Information snapshot. Detailed HCAHPS measures are not available for this hospital.

Medicare charges · 2024

Top procedures by volume

CMS IPPS · OPPS

Charges are not what you pay

Hospital "submitted charges" are list prices. Medicare reimburses a fraction; insured patients typically pay a contracted rate; uninsured patients can negotiate.

Inpatient (MS-DRG)

DRG Description Cases Avg charge Avg paid
871 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCC 193 $133,936 $15,521
291 HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC 130 $74,180 $10,136
267 ENDOVASCULAR CARDIAC VALVE REPLACEMENT AND SUPPLEMENT PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC 73 $400,442 $41,232
219 CARDIAC VALVE AND OTHER MAJOR CARDIOTHORACIC PROCEDURES WITHOUT CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION 72 $531,275 $72,806
235 CORONARY BYPASS WITHOUT CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITH MCC 61 $300,658 $39,122
699 OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH CC 59 $79,489 $9,840
280 ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC 56 $118,585 $13,889
064 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH MCC 52 $135,065 $14,442
698 OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC 48 $76,784 $12,722
853 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC 48 $335,192 $49,210

Outpatient · 2023

Code Description Services Avg charge Avg paid
5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage 0 $0 $1,149
5073 Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage 0 $0 $2,016
5091 Level 1 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures 0 $0 $2,584
5092 Level 2 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures 0 $0 $4,441
5093 Level 3 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures 0 $0 $0
5094 Level 4 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures 0 $0 $0
5112 Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures 0 $0 $1,120
5113 Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures 0 $0 $2,196
5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures 0 $0 $4,806
5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures 0 $0 $10,735

Affiliated providers

NPPES affiliations

Methodology · sources used on this page

Hospital information from publicly available CMS datasets. Profile generated May 17, 2026.

CMS Hospital Compare Quality measures, ratings, HCAHPS Apr 30, 2026
HRRP / HACRP / HVBP Federal quality programs Apr 30, 2026
CMS IPPS Inpatient charges and payments Apr 30, 2026
CMS OPPS Outpatient charges and payments Apr 30, 2026
Provider of Services Beds, ownership, type Apr 30, 2026
Hospital MRF Machine-readable price file Apr 30, 2026

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