Brace ank air stirrup univ 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.

$103.53 with Oscar vs $812.61 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
Oscar MGMCR $103.53
Devoted Health MGMCR $105.64
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $105.64
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $105.64
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $105.64
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $105.64
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $105.64
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $105.64
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $105.64
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $105.64
BCBS MCRPPO $105.64
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $105.64
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $105.64
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $105.64
WellMed MGMCR $106.17
Van Lang IPA MCR $106.70
United MCR $107.75
WellCare SNP $108.81
WellCare PPO $108.81
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $108.81
WellCare PFFS $108.81
WellCare MCRHMO $108.81
WellCare POS $108.81
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $110.92
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $110.92
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $110.92
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $110.92
Superior Health Plan PFFS $110.92
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $110.92
Shared Health MGMCR $110.92
American Health Plan MGMCR $110.92
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $110.92
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $111.98
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $111.98
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $111.98
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $111.98
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $111.98
Molina MGMCR $115.15
Verda Health Plan MCR $137.33
Superior ValueHMO $153.18
Community Health Choice HIX $153.18
Superior EPO $163.74
Superior HMO $163.74
Molina Healthcare HIX $227.13
Humana HMO $812.61
Humana PPO $812.61

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Brace ank air stirrup univ at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $92.05 $55.23 – $263.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $92.05 $55.23 – $263.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $103.53 – $227.13
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $103.53 – $227.13
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $301.00 $103.53 – $227.13
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $18.38 $13.38 – $105.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $16.07 $16.07 – $96.39
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $92.05 $55.23 – $263.00

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