HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood in Kingwood, TX
Also known as Kingwood Medical Plaza, Columbia Kingwood Medical Center
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About HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood
HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood is an acute care hospital in Kingwood, Montgomery 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 3 out of 5. It has 457 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 Memorial Hermann Surgical Hospital Kingwood, about 0.4 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 infectionsBetter than national · SIR 0.36
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)Better than national · SIR 0.35
- Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infectionsBetter than national · SIR 0.01
- Central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI)No different · SIR 0.53
- Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomyWorse than national · SIR 3.53
- Surgical site infections after colon surgeryNo different · SIR 0.81
68% 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 recommend53%
- Rated the hospital 9 or 1057%
- Completed surveys1,187
Survey period ending September 2025. Source: CMS HCAHPS Patient Survey.
Map
30.05045, -95.25298
Nearby hospitals
- Memorial Hermann Surgical Hospital Kingwood300 Kingwood Medical Drive, Kingwood, TX · Emergency roomAcute care hospital0.4 mi
- Kingwood Pines Hospital2001 Ladbrook, Kingwood, TXPsychiatric hospital1.5 mi
- Townsen Memorial Hospital1475 FM 1960 Bypass E, Humble, TX · Emergency roomAcute care hospital3.2 mi
- Cleveland Emergency Hospital8901 FM 1960 Bypass Rd W, Suite 105, Humble, TX · Emergency roomAcute care hospital3.6 mi
- Bayou City ER & Hospital19211 McKay Drive, Humble, TXHospital3.8 mi
- Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Humbl19002 Mckay Drive, Humble, TXRehabilitation hospital3.9 mi
- Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital18951 Memorial North, Humble, TX · Emergency roomAcute care hospital4.0 mi
- Elite Hospital Kingwood23330 Highway 59 N, Kingwood, TXAcute care hospital4.2 mi
- Texas Children's HospitalHumble, TXChildren's hospital5.8 mi
- Intracare North Hospital1120 Cypress Station Drive, Houston, TXPsychiatric hospital11 mi
Frequently asked questions
Where is HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood located?
HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood is at 22999 US Hwy 59, Kingwood, TX 77325 in Montgomery County.
Does HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood have an emergency room?
Yes. HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood reports emergency services to Medicare, and patients spent a median of 118 minutes in its emergency department before leaving. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
What is the CMS star rating of HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood?
HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood has a CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating of 3 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 Kingwood 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 Kingwood?
The main phone number on record with Medicare is (281) 359-7500.
Would patients recommend HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood?
In the most recent HCAHPS patient survey (1,187 completed surveys), 53% of patients said they would definitely recommend the hospital, and 57% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10.
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