Houston Methodist

Legal name: The Methodist Hospital

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
741180155
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Houston, TX, United States
Phone
713.790.3311
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospitals and Related Primary Medical Care Facilities
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,595,725,127
Expenses
$3,282,593,264
Assets
$11,855,424,448
Liabilities
$3,398,893,808

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • SEVEN KEY EMPLOYEES-SEE METHODIST (HOSPITAL GROUP RETURN-SCHE): $10,653,219 total reported compensation
  • NINE OFFICERDIR-SEE METHODIST (HOSPITAL GROUP RETURN-SCHE): $8,338,578 total reported compensation
  • FIVE HIGHEST PAID-SEE METHODIST (HOSPITAL GROUP RETURN-SCHE): $5,304,817 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our Mission To provide high quality, cost-effective health care that delivers the best value to the people we serve in a spiritual environment of caring in association with internationally recognized teaching and research. Our Beliefs. Our experienced team members will handle all the logistics of arranging your appointment and connecting you with the support services you will need during your visit. Get Started alt. With your support, Houston Methodist provides exceptional research, education and care that is truly leading medicine. Donate Houston Methodist Main Site.

What it reported doing in 2024

See schedule ocurrently houston methodist hospital operates 1,365 licensed beds in its Texas medical center facilities. Houston methodist hospital recorded 615,767 visits during 2024 which were comprised of 467,068 outpatient visits, 104,328 emergency room visits and 44,371 inpatient admissions. It also performed 15,213 inpatient surgeries and 27,096 outpatient surgeries in 2024.the principal medical services available at houston methodist hospital are anesthesiology, cardiovascular surgery, oral & maxillofacial-hospital dentistry, dermatology, family medicine, general surgery, internal medicine, cardiology, clinical immunology, gastroenterology, general medicine, hematology, hypertension treatment, infectious diseases, medical genetics, metabolic and endocrine diseases, nuclear medicine, oncology, pharmacology, pulmonary diseases, renal diseases, rheumatology, neurophysiology, neurosurgery, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopedic surgery, otolaryngology-head & neck surgery, pathology, pediatrics, physical medicine and rehabilitation, plastic surgery, psychiatry, radiology, radiotherapy, and urology. Houston methodist hospital also offers a range of additional patient services, including ambulatory surgery, a blood donor center, a rehabilitation center, a skilled nursing facility, and a broad range of preventive health care instruction, including smoking cessation, stress management, weight control, and cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation.general outpatient services offered by houston methodist hospital include audiology, speech pathology, psychiatric services, diagnostic cardiology (including nuclear cardiology, echocardiography, electrocardiography, pacemaker evaluation, and coronary catheterization), endoscopy, emergency services, general and diagnostic radiology (including fluoroscopy, ultrasound, mammography, myelography, ct scanning, and mri), nuclear medicine, pathology, peripheral vascular laboratory, dermatology, physical medicine, radiotherapy, sleep studies and neurophysiologic evaluations, and surgery.houston methodist hospital operates a multi-organ transplant center. Transplants being performed at present include kidney, heart, lungs, liver, pancreas, and bone marrow. Houston methodist hospital responds to the community's needs not only through the provision of medical care, but also through education of health professionals and patients, community health education, donations to health care related events and other services, and medical and health research.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 88% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The program-spending lines do not add up, so the filing cannot show reliably whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 73
  • Accountability: 93
  • Sustainability: 72
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.5%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 85.4%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 91.1%; rating input score 91; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 88%; rating input score 88; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.7%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.61; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.9%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 70.5% of revenue deployed · 85.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 22 of 25 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.8B in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $10.7M · 5 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $280M reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 40 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 13 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 123 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 135 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 57/100.