Anal pressure record 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.

$360.10 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.

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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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $360.10
BCBS BAV $397.04
BCBS HMO $497.06
BCBS EPOSOA $497.06
BCBS PPO $497.06
Humana PPO $1,304.67
Humana HMO $1,304.67
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,251.00
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,315.00
Oscar HIX $2,358.00

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Anal pressure record at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1,304.67 – $1,304.67
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $360.10 – $1,304.67
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,411.83 $400.02 – $2,000.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,327.08 $273.16 – $1,990.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,045.39 $209.08 – $1,306.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,411.83 $360.10 – $2,000.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,327.08 $425.99 – $1,990.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,327.08 $685.66 – $1,990.62

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