Boot walker genesis full shell 3-strap s 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

$1,378.20

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.

$1,378.20

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.

$82.69 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,447.47 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $82.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $82.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $82.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $82.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $82.69 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $179.17 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $179.17 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $179.17 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $179.17 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $203.97 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $220.51 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $224.65 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $231.54 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $248.08 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $261.86 ↓ -81%
BCBS HMO $310.10 ↓ -77%
Oscar MGMCR $311.82 ↓ -77%
BCBS EPOSOA $316.99 ↓ -77%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $318.18 ↓ -77%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $318.18 ↓ -77%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $318.18 ↓ -77%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $318.18 ↓ -77%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $318.18 ↓ -77%
Devoted Health MGMCR $318.18 ↓ -77%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $318.18 ↓ -77%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $318.18 ↓ -77%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $318.18 ↓ -77%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $318.18 ↓ -77%
BCBS MCRPPO $318.18 ↓ -77%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $318.18 ↓ -77%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $318.18 ↓ -77%
WellMed MGMCR $319.77 ↓ -77%
Van Lang IPA MCR $321.36 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $322.50 ↓ -77%
United MCR $324.54 ↓ -76%
WellCare PPO $327.73 ↓ -76%
WellCare SNP $327.73 ↓ -76%
WellCare POS $327.73 ↓ -76%
WellCare MCRHMO $327.73 ↓ -76%
WellCare PFFS $327.73 ↓ -76%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $327.73 ↓ -76%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $334.09 ↓ -76%
Shared Health MGMCR $334.09 ↓ -76%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $334.09 ↓ -76%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $334.09 ↓ -76%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $334.09 ↓ -76%
American Health Plan MGMCR $334.09 ↓ -76%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $334.09 ↓ -76%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $334.09 ↓ -76%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $334.09 ↓ -76%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $337.27 ↓ -76%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $337.27 ↓ -76%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $337.27 ↓ -76%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $337.27 ↓ -76%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $337.27 ↓ -76%
Molina MGMCR $346.82 ↓ -75%
Verda Health Plan MCR $413.63 ↓ -70%
Superior ValueHMO $461.36 ↓ -67%
Community Health Choice HIX $461.36 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $482.37 ↓ -65%
Superior HMO $493.18 ↓ -64%
Superior EPO $493.18 ↓ -64%
United GlobalAppendix $620.19 ↓ -55%
Molina Healthcare HIX $684.09 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $734.58 ↓ -47%
Humana HMO $2,447.47 ↑ +78%
Humana PPO $2,447.47 ↑ +78%

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Boot walker genesis full shell 3-strap s at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $311.82 – $684.09
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $311.82 – $684.09
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $961.20 not published
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $221.38 $161.17 – $1,138.50
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $221.38 $253.00 – $1,075.25
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $221.38 $253.00 – $1,404.15
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $961.20 $318.18 – $335.68
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital Caldwell $221.38 $253.00 – $1,138.50

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