Cv line/pic reposition 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

$3,486.25

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.

$3,486.25

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.

$478.87 with United vs $11,153.00 with Oscar — 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
United MGMCD $478.87 ↓ -86%
Molina Healthcare STAR $490.90 ↓ -86%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $490.90 ↓ -86%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $490.90 ↓ -86%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $490.90 ↓ -86%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $499.82 ↓ -86%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $499.82 ↓ -86%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $499.82 ↓ -86%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $499.82 ↓ -86%
Humana MCD $557.84 ↓ -84%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $563.38 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $585.69 ↓ -83%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -73%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -73%
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↓ -73%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -73%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $1,220.19 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,394.50 ↓ -60%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,430.00 ↓ -59%
United GlobalAppendix $1,568.81 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,858.17 ↓ -47%
Aetna NBHMO $1,899.00 ↓ -46%
Aetna NBPOS $1,899.00 ↓ -46%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,012.00 ↓ -42%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,017.00 ↓ -42%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,017.00 ↓ -42%
Aetna NBPPO $2,181.00 ↓ -37%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,317.00 ↓ -34%
Aetna OONPOS $2,374.00 ↓ -32%
Aetna OONHMO $2,374.00 ↓ -32%
Cigna CSN $2,428.00 ↓ -30%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,431.00 ↓ -30%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,434.00 ↓ -30%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,564.00 ↓ -26%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,564.00 ↓ -26%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,631.00 ↓ -25%
Aetna OONPPO $2,727.00 ↓ -22%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,947.00 ↓ -15%
Cigna PPO $3,128.00 ↓ -10%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,343.82 ↓ -4%
BCBS BAV $3,376.44 ↓ -3%
BCBS HMO $3,376.44 ↓ -3%
BCBS EPOSOA $3,914.71 ↑ +12%
United SmallGroup $4,183.00 ↑ +20%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4,340.00 ↑ +24%
BCBS PPO $4,452.98 ↑ +28%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↑ +35%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↑ +35%
United AllPayerAppendix $5,976.00 ↑ +71%
Oscar HIX $11,153.00 ↑ +220%

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Cv line/pic reposition at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,410.50 $1,088.10 – $4,030.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,410.50 $1,088.10 – $4,030.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $437.34 – $2,838.17
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $446.27 – $2,838.17
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,521.69 $446.27 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,632.29 $71.00 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,061.20 $71.00 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,521.69 $446.27 – $3,967.42

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