Caregiver training strategies&tq ea addl 15 min 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.
$25.62 with Oscar vs $79.91 with BCBS — 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 | $25.62 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $25.95 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $25.95 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $26.14 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $26.14 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $26.14 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $26.14 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $26.14 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $26.14 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $26.14 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $26.14 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $26.14 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $26.14 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $26.14 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $26.27 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $26.40 | — |
| United | MCR | $26.66 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $26.92 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $26.92 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $26.92 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $26.92 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $26.92 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $26.92 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $27.45 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $27.45 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $27.45 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $27.45 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $27.45 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $27.45 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $27.45 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $27.45 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $27.45 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $27.71 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $27.71 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $27.71 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $27.71 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $27.71 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $28.49 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $33.98 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $37.90 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $37.90 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $40.52 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $40.52 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $56.20 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $57.89 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $63.83 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $79.91 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $79.91 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $79.91 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Caregiver training strategies&tq ea addl 15 min at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $34.30 | $26.46 – $98.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $34.30 | $26.46 – $98.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $228.81 | $25.62 – $56.20 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $25.62 – $56.20 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $99.19 | $28.10 – $157.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $99.19 | $20.42 – $157.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $104.15 | $20.83 – $157.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $99.19 | $26.45 – $157.00 |