Dialysis training incompl 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

$4,931.12

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.

$4,931.12

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.

$295.87 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,944.90 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance — 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 $295.87 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $295.87 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $295.87 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $295.87 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $295.87 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $641.05 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $641.05 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $641.05 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $641.05 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $729.81 ↓ -85%
Humana PPO $745.21 ↓ -85%
Humana HMO $745.21 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $788.98 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $803.77 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $828.43 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $887.60 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $936.91 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $961.57 ↓ -80%
BCBS HMO $1,109.50 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,134.16 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $1,153.88 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,257.44 ↓ -74%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,306.75 ↓ -73%
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,331.40 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,346.20 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBHMO $1,582.89 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $1,582.89 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $1,582.89 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,686.44 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,686.44 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,686.44 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $1,725.89 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,972.45 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,972.45 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $1,977.38 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $1,977.38 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $1,977.38 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,135.17 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,135.17 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,135.17 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $2,219.00 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,628.29 ↓ -47%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $3,944.90 ↓ -20%

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Dialysis training incompl at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $745.21 – $745.21
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $745.21 – $745.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $391.67 $80.62 – $587.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $290.74 $58.15 – $363.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $391.67 $125.73 – $587.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $391.67 $202.36 – $2,086.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $290.74 $96.91 – $436.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $391.67 $78.33 – $554.86

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