Eeg wo vid 2-12hr intmt mntr 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.

$137.84 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,224.44 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 CHPFC $137.84
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $137.84
Superior Health Plan STARKids $137.84
Superior Health Plan STAR $137.84
Superior Health Plan CHIP $137.84
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $298.64
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $298.64
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $298.64
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $298.64
Cigna CSN $339.99
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $367.56
United OptionsPPO $385.94
Cigna PPO $436.48
Oscar HIX $447.97
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $585.80
BCBS MyBlueHealth $592.25
Aetna QHPExchange $608.77
Evry Health BroadNetwork $627.15
BCBS BAV $653.00
Humana HMO $733.06
Humana PPO $733.06
Aetna NBHMO $737.42
Aetna NBPPO $737.42
Aetna NBPOS $737.42
Aetna COMMPOS $785.66
Aetna COMMHMO $785.66
Aetna COMMPPO $785.66
BCBS Traditional $804.04
BCBS PPO $817.51
BCBS EPOSOA $817.51
BCBS HMO $817.51
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $918.90
Curative Administrators COMM $918.90
Aetna OONPOS $921.20
Aetna OONPPO $921.20
Aetna OONHMO $921.20
Aetna ASAHMO $994.71
Aetna ASAPPO $994.71
Aetna ASAPOS $994.71
United GlobalAppendix $1,033.77
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,224.44

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Eeg wo vid 2-12hr intmt mntr at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $311.85 $100.00 – $891.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $311.85 $100.00 – $891.00
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 $1,249.01 $206.06 – $1,561.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,732.04 $356.51 – $2,598.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,732.04 $206.06 – $2,165.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,249.01 $206.06 – $1,561.27

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