Brace back epic lo 627 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.
$295.11 with Oscar vs $3,906.62 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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| Oscar | MGMCR | $295.11 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $301.13 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $301.13 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $301.13 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $301.13 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $301.13 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $301.13 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $301.13 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $301.13 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $301.13 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $301.13 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $301.13 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $301.13 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $301.13 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $302.64 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $304.14 | — |
| United | MCR | $307.15 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $310.16 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $310.16 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $310.16 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $310.16 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $310.16 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $310.16 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $316.19 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $316.19 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $316.19 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $316.19 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $316.19 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $316.19 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $316.19 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $316.19 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $316.19 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $319.20 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $319.20 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $319.20 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $319.20 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $319.20 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $328.23 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $391.47 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $436.64 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $436.64 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $466.75 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $466.75 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $647.43 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $3,906.62 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $3,906.62 | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $295.11 – $647.43 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $295.11 – $647.43 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $295.11 – $647.43 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $295.11 – $647.43 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | not published | $295.11 – $647.43 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | not published | $295.11 – $647.43 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | not published | $295.11 – $647.43 |
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | not published | $295.11 – $647.43 |