Coronary thrombolysis/iv infusion 92977 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

$4,134.06

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$4,134.06

Gross charge

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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.

$248.04 with Superior Health Plan vs $13,036.00 with Cigna — 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

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 CHIP $248.04 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $248.04 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $248.04 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $248.04 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $248.04 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $533.46 ↓ -87%
Humana HMO $533.46 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $537.43 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $537.43 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $537.43 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $537.43 ↓ -87%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $634.68 ↓ -85%
BCBS BAV $640.87 ↓ -84%
BCBS HMO $640.87 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $694.52 ↓ -83%
BCBS EPOSOA $743.04 ↓ -82%
BCBS PPO $845.21 ↓ -80%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,054.19 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,128.60 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $1,446.92 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,653.62 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $1,860.33 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,203.45 ↓ -47%
Oscar HIX $2,358.00 ↓ -43%
Cigna CSN $10,120.00 ↑ +145%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $10,964.00 ↑ +165%
Cigna PPO $13,036.00 ↑ +215%

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Coronary thrombolysis/iv infusion 92977 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $435.40 $136.84 – $1,244.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $435.40 $99.52 – $1,244.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $533.46 – $533.46
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $533.46 – $538.70
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,033.69 $292.88 – $1,464.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $484.37 $99.70 – $838.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $462.36 $92.47 – $838.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,033.69 $275.65 – $1,464.39

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