Acid perfusion of esophagus at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
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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.
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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.
$215.89 with BCBS vs $2,358.00 with Oscar — 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 |
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| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $215.89 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $238.03 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $298.00 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $298.00 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $298.00 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $834.91 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $834.91 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,120.00 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,600.00 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,672.00 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,702.00 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,358.00 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Acid perfusion of esophagus at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $215.89 – $834.91 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $215.89 – $834.91 |
| Ascension Providence | Waco | $434.97 | $153.15 – $780.04 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $355.20 – $355.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | not published | $283.24 – $1,327.77 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $215.89 – $834.91 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $215.89 – $834.91 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | not published | $215.89 – $834.91 |