Coveredge 32 lead kit 40cm 48 at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
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Cash price 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 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.
$130.98 with Cigna vs $1,443.53 with Aetna Better 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Cigna | CSN | $130.98 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $141.60 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $144.25 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $148.68 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $159.30 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $168.15 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $199.13 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $203.55 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $207.09 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $238.95 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $309.75 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $354.00 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $398.25 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $471.70 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $708.00 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $1,336.60 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $1,336.60 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $1,336.60 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $1,336.60 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $1,363.33 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $1,443.53 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Coveredge 32 lead kit 40cm 48 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $14,810.25 | $0.27 – $4,170.19 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $14,810.25 | $0.27 – $4,170.19 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $1,336.60 – $1,443.53 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $1,336.60 – $1,443.53 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $3,647.70 | not published |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $1,157.63 | $100.00 – $2,480.63 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $5,162.33 | $49.44 – $349.20 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $14,810.25 | $0.27 – $1,831.14 |