Ablate heart dysrhythm focus at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER

1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$27,383.13

Cash price

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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.

$27,383.13

Gross charge

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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.

$3,559.81 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $43,890.00 with Curative Administrators — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3,559.81 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3,559.81 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3,559.81 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3,559.81 ↓ -87%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4,463.45 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $4,600.37 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $4,928.96 ↓ -82%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $5,591.00 ↓ -80%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5,591.00 ↓ -80%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5,591.00 ↓ -80%
Superior Health Plan STAR $5,591.00 ↓ -80%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5,591.00 ↓ -80%
BCBS HMO $6,161.20 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $6,298.12 ↓ -77%
BCBS Traditional $9,584.10 ↓ -65%
Humana PPO $10,106.00 ↓ -63%
Humana HMO $10,106.00 ↓ -63%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $10,953.25 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $12,322.41 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $14,595.21 ↓ -47%
BCBS PPO $16,067.99 ↓ -41%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $21,231.00 ↓ -22%
United SmallGroup $24,500.00 ↓ -11%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $29,288.00 ↑ +7%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $30,035.00 ↑ +10%
United AllPayerAppendix $35,000.00 ↑ +28%
Oscar HIX $37,284.00 ↑ +36%
Curative Administrators COMM $43,890.00 ↑ +60%
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 COMMPPO not published by hospital
Aetna COMMPOS not published by hospital
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 OONPPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHPExchange not published by hospital
Aetna OONPOS not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $9,332.05 $5,867.98 – $26,663.00
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