Eeg without vid 2-12 hr unmntr 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

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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.

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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.

$113.28 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,006.29 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 STARPLUS $113.28
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $113.28
Superior Health Plan STAR $113.28
Superior Health Plan STARKids $113.28
Superior Health Plan CHIP $113.28
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $245.44
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $245.44
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $245.44
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $245.44
Cigna CSN $279.42
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $302.08
United OptionsPPO $317.18
Cigna PPO $358.71
Oscar HIX $368.15
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $481.43
Aetna QHPExchange $500.31
Evry Health BroadNetwork $515.42
BCBS MyBlueHealth $592.25
Humana PPO $602.45
Humana HMO $602.45
Aetna NBHMO $606.04
Aetna NBPPO $606.04
Aetna NBPOS $606.04
Aetna COMMHMO $645.69
Aetna COMMPPO $645.69
Aetna COMMPOS $645.69
BCBS BAV $653.00
BCBS Traditional $660.79
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $755.19
Curative Administrators COMM $755.19
Aetna OONPPO $757.08
Aetna OONPOS $757.08
Aetna OONHMO $757.08
Aetna ASAPPO $817.49
Aetna ASAPOS $817.49
Aetna ASAHMO $817.49
BCBS PPO $817.51
BCBS HMO $817.51
BCBS EPOSOA $817.51
United GlobalAppendix $849.59
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,006.29

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Eeg without vid 2-12 hr unmntr at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $315.35 $100.00 – $901.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $315.35 $100.00 – $901.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $592.25 – $592.25
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $592.25 – $592.25
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,391.57 $206.06 – $1,739.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,220.47 $251.21 – $1,830.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,271.31 $206.06 – $1,589.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,391.57 $206.06 – $1,739.47

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