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Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital vs HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center.

Side-by-side prices for 29 procedures both hospitals publish, plus CMS quality ratings and metro context. Pulled from each hospital's federally-mandated price transparency file. Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital is cheaper on more procedures (13 vs 3).

Sugar Land, TX
Memorial Hermann
3/5 CMS
Cheaper on 13 of 29 procedures
vs.
Houston, TX
HCA
4/5 CMS
Cheaper on 3 of 29 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

Procedure Memorial HCA Cheaper
Brain MRI without contrast $1,312 $5,597 Memorial ↓
Brain MRI with and without contrast $2,093 $5,935 Memorial ↓
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast $1,515 $3,228 Memorial ↓
Knee/lower-extremity MRI without contrast $1,610 $2,219 Memorial ↓
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast $3,033 $33,232 Memorial ↓
Abdominal ultrasound, complete $1,178 $5,487 Memorial ↓
Mammogram, screening $144 tie
DXA bone density scan $311 tie
Chest X-ray, single view $324 $1,238 Memorial ↓
Comprehensive metabolic panel $251 $45 HCA ↓
Lipid panel $255 $53 HCA ↓
CBC with differential $91 tie
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) $45 $66 Memorial ↓
Hemoglobin A1c $45 $38 HCA ↓
Urinalysis $114 $203 Memorial ↓
Colonoscopy, diagnostic $1,468 tie
Colonoscopy with polyp removal $1,468 tie
Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy $1,468 tie
Echocardiogram, complete with Doppler $1,776 $3,379 Memorial ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 3 $110 tie
Office visit, established patient, level 4 $129 tie
Lumbar epidural steroid injection $738 tie
Polysomnography (sleep study) $1,107 tie
Thyroid ultrasound $706 $1,789 Memorial ↓
New patient office visit, level 3 $23 tie
New patient office visit, level 4 $21 tie
Prostate biopsy $1,994 tie
Carotid duplex ultrasound $1,140 $5,074 Memorial ↓
Psychotherapy, 45 minutes $250 $754 Memorial ↓

Patient experience.

CMS HCAHPS patient survey, period ending 03/31/2025. Bold = higher score.

Measure Memorial HCA
HCAHPS overall star rating 3/5 2/5
Would definitely recommend 70% 64%
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 72% 70%
Nurses always communicated well 72% 75%
Doctors always communicated well 77% 76%
Given clear info about recovery 86% 80%
Room and bathroom always clean 72% 71%
Staff always explained meds 55% 57%
Quiet at night, always 58% 67%

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How to read this comparison.

The cash-pay price is what an uninsured patient would be charged at each hospital. It's the cleanest apples-to-apples comparison because it doesn't depend on your insurance plan.

The CMS rating is the federal quality composite, built from ~50 measures spanning safety, mortality, readmission, patient experience, and timeliness. A 5-star hospital may not be the best at every procedure, and a 3-star hospital can have a strong specific service line. Treat the rating as one input, not the answer.

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