Cast sup lng leg ped fbrgls 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.

$47.49 with Oscar vs $372.75 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 $47.49
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $48.46
BCBS MCRPPO $48.46
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $48.46
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $48.46
Devoted Health MGMCR $48.46
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $48.46
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $48.46
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $48.46
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $48.46
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $48.46
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $48.46
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $48.46
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $48.46
WellMed MGMCR $48.70
Van Lang IPA MCR $48.94
BCBS MyBlueHealth $48.98
United MCR $49.43
WellCare MCRHMO $49.91
WellCare PFFS $49.91
WellCare POS $49.91
WellCare PPO $49.91
WellCare SNP $49.91
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $49.91
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $50.88
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $50.88
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $50.88
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $50.88
Superior Health Plan PFFS $50.88
Shared Health MGMCR $50.88
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $50.88
American Health Plan MGMCR $50.88
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $50.88
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $51.37
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $51.37
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $51.37
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $51.37
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $51.37
Molina MGMCR $52.82
BCBS BAV $54.12
Verda Health Plan MCR $63.00
BCBS HMO $67.55
Superior ValueHMO $70.27
Community Health Choice HIX $70.27
BCBS EPOSOA $71.50
Superior EPO $75.11
Superior HMO $75.11
BCBS PPO $75.44
Molina Healthcare HIX $104.19
Humana PPO $372.75
Humana HMO $372.75

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Cast sup lng leg ped fbrgls at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $47.49 – $104.19
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $47.49 – $104.19
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $47.49 – $104.19
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $45.43 – $45.43
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $47.49 – $104.19
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $47.49 – $104.19
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $47.49 – $104.19
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $47.49 – $104.19

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