Collar cerv adlt perfit ace extric 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.

$73.55 with Oscar vs $577.29 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 $73.55
Devoted Health MGMCR $75.05
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $75.05
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $75.05
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $75.05
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $75.05
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $75.05
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $75.05
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $75.05
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $75.05
BCBS MCRPPO $75.05
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $75.05
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $75.05
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $75.05
WellMed MGMCR $75.43
Van Lang IPA MCR $75.80
United MCR $76.55
WellCare SNP $77.30
WellCare PPO $77.30
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $77.30
WellCare PFFS $77.30
WellCare MCRHMO $77.30
WellCare POS $77.30
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $78.80
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $78.80
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $78.80
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $78.80
Superior Health Plan PFFS $78.80
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $78.80
Shared Health MGMCR $78.80
American Health Plan MGMCR $78.80
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $78.80
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $79.55
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $79.55
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $79.55
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $79.55
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $79.55
Molina MGMCR $81.80
Verda Health Plan MCR $97.56
Superior ValueHMO $108.82
Community Health Choice HIX $108.82
Superior EPO $116.33
Superior HMO $116.33
Molina Healthcare HIX $161.36
Humana HMO $577.29
Humana PPO $577.29

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Collar cerv adlt perfit ace extric at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $73.55 – $161.36
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $73.55 – $161.36
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $49.90 not published
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $110.10 $66.47 – $398.79
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $110.10 $66.47 – $398.79
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $49.90 $75.05 – $79.18
St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine San Augustine $110.10 $66.47 – $398.79
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $49.90 not published

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