Cardiac perf planar sgl/ef/wm 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

$16,883.73

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.

$16,883.73

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.

$294.04 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $8,999.03 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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $294.04 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $294.04 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $294.04 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $294.04 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $299.92 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $299.92 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $299.92 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $299.92 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $299.92 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $317.56 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $340.81 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $467.47 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $592.31 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $903.07 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $966.82 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,013.02 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,013.02 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1,013.02 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $1,013.02 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,013.02 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $1,027.91 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,389.24 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPPO $1,846.43 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBPOS $1,846.43 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBHMO $1,846.43 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,964.16 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,964.16 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,964.16 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONHMO $2,309.51 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONPPO $2,309.51 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONPOS $2,309.51 ↓ -86%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,481.29 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,495.92 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,495.92 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,495.92 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $2,836.47 ↓ -83%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,938.37 ↓ -83%
United SmallGroup $2,938.37 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $4,305.35 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $4,609.26 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $4,662.38 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $4,662.38 ↓ -72%
BCBS Traditional $5,909.31 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $6,753.49 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $6,753.49 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $7,597.68 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $8,999.03 ↓ -47%

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Cardiac perf planar sgl/ef/wm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $4,048.10 $272.65 – $11,566.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $4,048.10 $272.65 – $11,566.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $18,876.20 $272.65 – $1,389.24
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $267.20 – $1,389.24
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,255.15 $264.30 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,451.18 $504.53 – $3,676.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,334.46 $264.30 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,255.15 $264.30 – $3,517.62

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