Aortic dysfunction/dilation 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.
$423.36 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $5,453.28 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.
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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| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $423.36 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $423.36 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $423.36 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $423.36 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $431.83 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $457.23 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $465.70 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $465.70 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $465.70 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $465.70 | — |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $493.92 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $504.00 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $504.00 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $504.00 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $504.00 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $504.00 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $504.00 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $504.00 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $504.00 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $504.00 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $504.00 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $504.00 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $504.00 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $504.00 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $504.00 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $506.52 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $509.04 | — |
| United | MCR | $514.08 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $519.12 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $519.12 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $519.12 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $519.12 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $519.12 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $519.12 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $529.20 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $529.20 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $529.20 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $529.20 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $529.20 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $529.20 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $529.20 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $529.20 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $529.20 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $529.20 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $534.24 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $534.24 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $534.24 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $534.24 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $534.24 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $549.36 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $655.20 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $730.80 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $730.80 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $781.20 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $781.20 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,018.08 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $1,083.60 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $1,123.92 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,224.72 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,406.16 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $1,456.56 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,506.96 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,607.76 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,846.25 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $2,072.81 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,245.15 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $2,455.29 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $2,455.29 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $2,455.29 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $2,608.50 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $2,608.50 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $2,608.50 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,671.20 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $3,064.32 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $3,064.32 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $3,064.32 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $3,313.30 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $3,313.30 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $3,313.30 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $5,453.28 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $5,453.28 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Aortic dysfunction/dilation at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $414.89 – $2,072.81 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $423.36 – $2,072.81 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $183.71 | $10.00 – $1,209.60 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $587.08 | $12.00 – $1,209.60 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $587.08 | $12.00 – $1,209.60 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $183.71 | $10.00 – $1,209.60 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $587.08 | $12.00 – $1,209.60 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $587.08 | $8.00 – $1,209.60 |