HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest in Houston, TX
Also known as Houston Northwest Medical Center
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About HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest
HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest is an acute care hospital in Houston, Harris County, Texas. It reports its ownership to Medicare as for-profit. It provides emergency services. It is listed as a Level III trauma center. Its CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating is 2 out of 5. It has 417 licensed beds, according to state license data via HIFLD. CMS also lists an inpatient rehabilitation unit inside the hospital. It meets the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation criteria for maternity care. The nearest other listed hospital is Tops Surgical Specialty Hospital, about 0.2 mi away.
Quality ratings
How this hospital compares with the national rate on each measure group:
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information. How star ratings work.
Emergency room times
Lower times are better. Reporting period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Timely and Effective Care. What these numbers mean.
Infections and sepsis care
- MRSA bloodstream infectionsNo different · SIR 0.00
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)No different · SIR 0.37
- Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infectionsBetter than national · SIR 0.00
- Central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI)No different · SIR 0.25
- Surgical site infections after colon surgeryNo different · SIR 0.79
74% of patients with severe sepsis or septic shock received all the recommended early care steps (SEP-1). Higher is better.
SIR is the standardized infection ratio: below 1 means fewer infections than predicted for a hospital like this one. Period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Healthcare-Associated Infections and Timely and Effective Care.
What patients say
- Patient survey star rating
- Would definitely recommend59%
- Rated the hospital 9 or 1062%
- Completed surveys816
Survey period ending September 2025. Source: CMS HCAHPS Patient Survey.
Map
30.02085, -95.44286
Nearby hospitals
- Tops Surgical Specialty Hospital17080 Red Oak Drive, Houston, TXAcute care hospital0.2 mi
- Intracare North Hospital1120 Cypress Station Drive, Houston, TXPsychiatric hospital0.3 mi
- Cypress Creek Hospital17750 Cali Drive, Houston, TX · Emergency roomPsychiatric hospital0.3 mi
- BMC North Hospital16750 Red Oak Drive, Houston, TX · Emergency roomHospital0.5 mi
- Saint Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital2255 East Mossy Oaks Road, Spring, TXHospital4.8 mi
- Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital18220 State Highway 249, Houston, TX · Emergency roomAcute care hospital7.4 mi
- The Woodlands Specialty Hospital25440 Interstate 45 North, Spring, TX · Emergency roomAcute care hospital7.6 mi
- St Luke's Hospital at the Vintage20171 Chasewood Park Drive, Houston, TX · Emergency roomAcute care hospital7.9 mi
- Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital the Vinta20180 Chasewood Park Drive, Houston, TXRehabilitation hospital7.9 mi
- Cleveland Emergency Hospital8901 FM 1960 Bypass Rd W, Suite 105, Humble, TX · Emergency roomAcute care hospital9.6 mi
Frequently asked questions
Where is HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest located?
HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest is at 710 Cypress Creek Parkway, Houston, TX 77090 in Harris County.
Does HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest have an emergency room?
Yes. HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest reports emergency services to Medicare, and patients spent a median of 147 minutes in its emergency department before leaving. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
What is the CMS star rating of HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest?
HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest has a CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating of 2 out of 5. The rating combines measures of mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience and timely and effective care, compared with hospitals nationwide.
Is HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest a trauma center?
Yes. It is listed as a Level III trauma center in the HIFLD hospitals data, which is compiled from state trauma registries (source date March 2024). Trauma designations are renewed periodically, so confirm with the Texas EMS or trauma program. In an emergency, call 911: paramedics take seriously injured patients to the right trauma center.
What is the phone number of HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest?
The main phone number on record with Medicare is (281) 440-1000.
Would patients recommend HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest?
In the most recent HCAHPS patient survey (816 completed surveys), 59% of patients said they would definitely recommend the hospital, and 62% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10.
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