Ablate arrhythmia add on at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
$80,130.69
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$80,130.69
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$1,045.70 with BCBS vs $64,104.55 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,045.70 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BAV | $1,152.95 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,443.42 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,443.42 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,443.42 | ↓ -98% |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,358.00 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $5,591.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $5,591.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $5,591.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $5,591.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $5,591.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | HMO | $10,106.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Humana | PPO | $10,106.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $10,416.99 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $10,416.99 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $10,416.99 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $10,416.99 | ↓ -87% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $13,461.96 | ↓ -83% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $21,231.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $21,635.29 | ↓ -73% |
| United | SmallGroup | $24,500.00 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $28,045.74 | ↓ -65% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $29,288.00 | ↓ -63% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $30,035.00 | ↓ -63% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $32,052.28 | ↓ -60% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $35,000.00 | ↓ -56% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $36,058.81 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $42,709.66 | ↓ -47% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $43,890.00 | ↓ -45% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $64,104.55 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | not published by hospital | — |
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Ablate arrhythmia add on at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $6,648.25 | $527.32 – $18,995.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $14,387.00 | $1,045.70 – $1,045.70 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $6,648.25 | $652.44 – $18,995.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $24,165.64 | $1,045.70 – $1,045.70 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $12,531.79 | $1,371.92 – $17,753.36 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $12,771.27 | $1,349.58 – $19,156.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $12,531.79 | $1,349.58 – $15,664.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $12,531.79 | $1,045.70 – $17,753.36 |