Brace afo lg left 6607 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

$6,861.57

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.

$6,861.57

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.

$355.20 with Oscar vs $3,657.22 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
Oscar MGMCR $355.20 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $362.45 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $362.45 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $362.45 ↓ -95%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $362.45 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $362.45 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $362.45 ↓ -95%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $362.45 ↓ -95%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $362.45 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health MGMCR $362.45 ↓ -95%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $362.45 ↓ -95%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $362.45 ↓ -95%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $362.45 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRPPO $362.45 ↓ -95%
WellMed MGMCR $364.26 ↓ -95%
Van Lang IPA MCR $366.07 ↓ -95%
United MCR $369.70 ↓ -95%
WellCare PPO $373.32 ↓ -95%
WellCare SNP $373.32 ↓ -95%
WellCare POS $373.32 ↓ -95%
WellCare MCRHMO $373.32 ↓ -95%
WellCare PFFS $373.32 ↓ -95%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $373.32 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $380.57 ↓ -94%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $380.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $380.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $380.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $380.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $380.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $380.57 ↓ -94%
American Health Plan MGMCR $380.57 ↓ -94%
Shared Health MGMCR $380.57 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $384.20 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $384.20 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $384.20 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $384.20 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $384.20 ↓ -94%
Molina MGMCR $395.07 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $411.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $411.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $411.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $411.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $411.69 ↓ -94%
Verda Health Plan MCR $471.19 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice HIX $525.55 ↓ -92%
Superior ValueHMO $525.55 ↓ -92%
Superior EPO $561.80 ↓ -92%
Superior HMO $561.80 ↓ -92%
Molina Healthcare HIX $779.27 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $892.00 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $892.00 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $892.00 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $892.00 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $1,015.51 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,097.85 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,118.44 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $1,152.74 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $1,235.08 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $1,303.70 ↓ -81%
BCBS HMO $1,543.85 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,578.16 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $1,605.61 ↓ -77%
BCBS Traditional $2,401.55 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $2,787.98 ↓ -59%
Humana PPO $2,787.98 ↓ -59%
United GlobalAppendix $3,087.71 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,657.22 ↓ -47%

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Brace afo lg left 6607 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $355.20 – $779.27
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $355.20 – $779.27
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $795.18 not published
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $292.43 $185.24 – $1,308.60
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $292.43 $290.80 – $1,235.90
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $115.72 $39.68 – $214.91
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $292.43 $290.80 – $1,613.94
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $795.18 $362.45 – $382.38

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