Closure paravalvlr leak pq 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

$123,061.64

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.

$123,061.64

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.

$948.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $65,591.85 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
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,292.55 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $1,305.16 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $1,305.16 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,513.22 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $1,534.00 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $1,721.29 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,732.00 ↓ -99%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,012.00 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $2,128.00 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,191.00 ↓ -98%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,251.00 ↓ -98%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,315.00 ↓ -98%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -96%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -96%
Cigna CSN $10,740.00 ↓ -91%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00 ↓ -91%
Cigna PPO $13,835.00 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $15,998.01 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $15,998.01 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $15,998.01 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $15,998.01 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $20,674.36 ↓ -83%
BCBS Traditional $43,071.57 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $49,224.66 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $55,377.74 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $65,591.85 ↓ -47%

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Closure paravalvlr leak pq at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $15,888.25 $207.02 – $1,882.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $15,888.25 $150.56 – $1,882.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $633.31 – $1,097.09
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1,097.09 – $1,097.09
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $54,125.45 $320.18 – $1,556.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $41,077.77 $71.00 – $1,556.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $45,364.64 $71.00 – $1,556.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $54,125.45 $320.18 – $1,556.23

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