Ablate pulm tumor perq crybl 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

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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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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.

$948.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $13,835.00 with Cigna — 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00
Aetna QHPExchange $2,156.00
Aetna NBPOS $2,864.00
Aetna NBHMO $2,864.00
Aetna COMMHMO $3,044.00
Aetna COMMPOS $3,044.00
Aetna NBPPO $3,108.00
Aetna COMMPPO $3,303.00
Oscar HIX $3,390.00
Aetna OONHMO $3,582.00
Aetna OONPOS $3,582.00
Aetna ASAPOS $3,870.00
Aetna ASAHMO $3,870.00
Aetna OONPPO $3,886.00
Aetna ASAPPO $4,197.00
Humana PPO $4,690.00
Humana HMO $4,690.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,841.00
United SmallGroup $6,300.00
Curative Administrators COMM $8,778.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8,987.00
United AllPayerAppendix $9,000.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9,909.11
BCBS HMO $10,005.78
BCBS BAV $10,005.78
Cigna CSN $10,740.00
BCBS EPOSOA $11,600.90
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00
BCBS PPO $13,196.03
Cigna PPO $13,835.00

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Ablate pulm tumor perq crybl at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $8,410.66 – $10,731.66
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $8,410.66 – $8,410.66
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $7,553.70 $2,140.22 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $7,931.39 $71.00 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $6,867.00 $71.00 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $7,553.70 $2,014.32 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $7,931.39 $85.00 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $7,931.39 $4,097.88 – $25,500.18

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