Coronary angio/lv gram/lt heart 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.

$2,795.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $35,089.20 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 $2,795.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2,795.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2,795.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2,795.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2,795.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6,298.39
United SmallGroup $6,650.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $6,765.00
BCBS BAV $6,925.38
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $8,558.34
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $8,558.34
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $8,558.34
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $8,558.34
Humana HMO $8,619.00
Humana PPO $8,619.00
Aetna QHPExchange $9,064.00
United AllPayerAppendix $9,500.00
BCBS HMO $9,604.33
Cigna CSN $10,120.00
BCBS EPOSOA $10,259.82
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $10,342.00
Oscar HIX $10,843.00
BCBS PPO $10,915.31
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $10,964.00
United OptionsPPO $11,060.01
Aetna NBPPO $12,039.00
Aetna NBPOS $12,039.00
Aetna NBHMO $12,039.00
Aetna COMMPPO $12,794.00
Aetna COMMPOS $12,794.00
Aetna COMMHMO $12,794.00
Cigna PPO $13,036.00
Aetna OONPPO $15,050.00
Aetna OONPOS $15,050.00
Aetna OONHMO $15,050.00
Aetna ASAPOS $16,261.00
Aetna ASAHMO $16,261.00
Aetna ASAPPO $16,261.00
Evry Health BroadNetwork $16,640.00
Curative Administrators COMM $17,384.00
BCBS Traditional $23,041.69
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $26,333.36
United GlobalAppendix $29,625.03
Coventry National First Health COMM $35,089.20

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Coronary angio/lv gram/lt heart at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $8,642.55 $2,716.23 – $24,693.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $8,642.55 $1,975.44 – $24,693.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $5,357.91 – $5,357.91
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $6,298.39 – $6,298.39
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $15,525.65 $3,093.86 – $19,407.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $15,464.21 $3,183.05 – $23,196.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $17,211.76 $3,093.86 – $21,514.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $15,525.65 $3,093.86 – $19,407.06

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