Endo knee-shin frct swg & st 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.

$1,165.95 with Oscar vs $9,151.51 with Humana — 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
Oscar MGMCR $1,165.95
Devoted Health MGMCR $1,189.74
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $1,189.74
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $1,189.74
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $1,189.74
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $1,189.74
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $1,189.74
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $1,189.74
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $1,189.74
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1,189.74
BCBS MCRPPO $1,189.74
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $1,189.74
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,189.74
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $1,189.74
WellMed MGMCR $1,195.69
Van Lang IPA MCR $1,201.64
United MCR $1,213.53
WellCare SNP $1,225.43
WellCare PPO $1,225.43
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $1,225.43
WellCare PFFS $1,225.43
WellCare MCRHMO $1,225.43
WellCare POS $1,225.43
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $1,249.23
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $1,249.23
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $1,249.23
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $1,249.23
Superior Health Plan PFFS $1,249.23
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $1,249.23
Shared Health MGMCR $1,249.23
American Health Plan MGMCR $1,249.23
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $1,249.23
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $1,261.12
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $1,261.12
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $1,261.12
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $1,261.12
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $1,261.12
Molina MGMCR $1,296.82
Verda Health Plan MCR $1,546.66
Superior ValueHMO $1,725.12
Community Health Choice HIX $1,725.12
Superior EPO $1,844.10
Superior HMO $1,844.10
Molina Healthcare HIX $2,557.94
Humana HMO $9,151.51
Humana PPO $9,151.51

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Endo knee-shin frct swg & st at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $1,165.95 – $2,557.94
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $1,165.95 – $2,557.94
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $1,165.95 – $2,557.94
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $1,165.95 – $2,557.94

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