Endoluminl ivus oct c 1st 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

$12,100.00

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.

$12,100.00

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.

$235.29 with BCBS vs $43,890.00 with Curative Administrators — 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $235.29 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $259.42 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $324.78 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $324.78 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $324.78 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $1,120.00 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,573.00 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,573.00 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,573.00 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,573.00 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,600.00 ↓ -87%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,702.00 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $2,032.80 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $2,358.00 ↓ -81%
Molina Healthcare HIX $3,267.00 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $4,235.00 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4,840.00 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $5,445.00 ↓ -55%
Superior Health Plan STAR $5,591.00 ↓ -54%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $5,591.00 ↓ -54%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5,591.00 ↓ -54%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5,591.00 ↓ -54%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5,591.00 ↓ -54%
Coventry National First Health COMM $6,449.30 ↓ -47%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $9,680.00 ↓ -20%
Humana PPO $10,106.00 ↓ -16%
Humana HMO $10,106.00 ↓ -16%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $21,231.00 ↑ +75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $29,288.00 ↑ +142%
Curative Administrators COMM $43,890.00 ↑ +263%

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Endoluminl ivus oct c 1st at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $2,818.90 $100.00 – $8,054.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $13,286.00 $235.29 – $235.29
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $2,818.90 $100.00 – $8,054.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $2,886.46 $235.29 – $235.29
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