Athrectomy tib/pero/unilat/ini ves 37229 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.

$2,156.00 with Aetna vs $85,774.76 with Coventry National First Health — 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
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
Aetna OONPOS $3,582.00
Aetna OONHMO $3,582.00
Aetna ASAHMO $3,870.00
Aetna ASAPOS $3,870.00
Aetna OONPPO $3,886.00
Aetna ASAPPO $4,197.00
Humana HMO $4,690.00
Humana PPO $4,690.00
United MGMCD $9,247.86
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $9,480.21
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $9,480.21
Molina Healthcare STAR $9,480.21
Molina Healthcare CHIP $9,480.21
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $9,652.57
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $9,652.57
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $9,652.57
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $9,652.57
Superior Health Plan STAR $9,655.70
Superior Health Plan CHIP $9,655.70
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $9,655.70
Superior Health Plan STARKids $9,655.70
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $9,655.70
Oscar HIX $10,586.00
Humana MCD $10,772.96
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $10,879.84
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $10,949.00
Evry Health BroadNetwork $11,113.00
Cigna CSN $23,817.38
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $25,748.52
United OptionsPPO $27,035.95
Cigna PPO $30,576.37
BCBS MyBlueHealth $32,676.94
BCBS BAV $32,995.74
BCBS HMO $32,995.74
BCBS EPOSOA $38,255.93
BCBS PPO $43,516.12
BCBS Traditional $56,324.89
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $64,371.30
Curative Administrators COMM $64,371.30
United GlobalAppendix $72,417.72
Coventry National First Health COMM $85,774.76

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Athrectomy tib/pero/unilat/ini ves 37229 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $7,073.15 $5,456.43 – $20,209.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $7,073.15 $5,456.43 – $20,209.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $8,446.00 – $10,879.84
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $8,618.37 – $27,735.55
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $27,924.41 $6,299.00 – $43,439.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $27,582.58 $71.00 – $43,439.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $19,960.27 $71.00 – $43,439.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $27,924.41 $7,038.00 – $43,439.01

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