Afo spiral molded to pt plas 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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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.

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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.

$841.65 with Oscar vs $6,606.25 with Humana — 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
Oscar MGMCR $841.65
Devoted Health MGMCR $858.83
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $858.83
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $858.83
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $858.83
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $858.83
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $858.83
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $858.83
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $858.83
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $858.83
BCBS MCRPPO $858.83
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $858.83
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $858.83
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $858.83
WellMed MGMCR $863.12
Van Lang IPA MCR $867.42
United MCR $876.01
WellCare SNP $884.59
WellCare PPO $884.59
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $884.59
WellCare PFFS $884.59
WellCare MCRHMO $884.59
WellCare POS $884.59
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $901.77
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $901.77
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $901.77
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $901.77
Superior Health Plan PFFS $901.77
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $901.77
Shared Health MGMCR $901.77
American Health Plan MGMCR $901.77
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $901.77
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $910.36
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $910.36
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $910.36
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $910.36
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $910.36
Molina MGMCR $936.12
Verda Health Plan MCR $1,116.48
Superior ValueHMO $1,245.30
Community Health Choice HIX $1,245.30
Superior EPO $1,331.19
Superior HMO $1,331.19
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,846.48
Humana HMO $6,606.25
Humana PPO $6,606.25

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Afo spiral molded to pt plas at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $841.65 – $1,846.48
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $841.65 – $1,846.48
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $841.65 – $1,846.48
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $841.65 – $1,846.48
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $841.65 – $1,846.48
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $841.65 – $1,846.48
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $841.65 – $1,846.48
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $841.65 – $1,846.48

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