Disability dlco 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

$2,678.13

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.

$2,678.13

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.

$160.69 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,427.44 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 CHIP $160.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $160.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $160.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $160.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $160.69 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $295.51 ↓ -89%
Humana HMO $295.51 ↓ -89%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $323.74 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $348.16 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $348.16 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $348.16 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $348.16 ↓ -87%
BCBS BAV $356.94 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $396.36 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $428.50 ↓ -84%
BCBS HMO $446.87 ↓ -83%
BCBS EPOSOA $446.87 ↓ -83%
BCBS PPO $446.87 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $449.93 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $508.84 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $522.24 ↓ -80%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $682.92 ↓ -75%
Aetna QHPExchange $709.70 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $731.13 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $859.68 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $859.68 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $859.68 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMHMO $915.92 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $915.92 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $915.92 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $937.35 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,071.25 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,071.25 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $1,073.93 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $1,073.93 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $1,073.93 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,159.63 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,159.63 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,159.63 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $1,205.16 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,427.44 ↓ -47%

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Disability dlco at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $1,823.00 $295.51 – $323.74
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $2,704.47 $295.51 – $323.74
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $356.06 $100.88 – $466.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $356.06 $73.29 – $534.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $345.62 $69.12 – $432.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $356.06 $94.95 – $466.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $356.06 $114.29 – $534.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $356.06 $183.96 – $534.09

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