Endoluminl ivus oct c ea 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

$370.70

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.

$370.70

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.

$48.19 with Community Health Choice MCD 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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $48.19 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $48.19 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $48.19 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $48.19 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $62.28 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare HIX $100.09 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $129.75 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $148.28 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $166.81 ↓ -55%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $187.22 ↓ -49%
Coventry National First Health COMM $197.58 ↓ -47%
BCBS BAV $206.43 ↓ -44%
BCBS PPO $258.43 ↓ -30%
BCBS HMO $258.43 ↓ -30%
BCBS EPOSOA $258.43 ↓ -30%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $296.56 ↓ -20%
United SmallGroup $1,120.00 ↑ +202%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,600.00 ↑ +332%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,702.00 ↑ +359%
Oscar HIX $2,358.00 ↑ +536%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $5,591.00 ↑ +1408%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5,591.00 ↑ +1408%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5,591.00 ↑ +1408%
Superior Health Plan STAR $5,591.00 ↑ +1408%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5,591.00 ↑ +1408%
Humana HMO $10,106.00 ↑ +2626%
Humana PPO $10,106.00 ↑ +2626%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $21,231.00 ↑ +5627%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $29,288.00 ↑ +7801%
Curative Administrators COMM $43,890.00 ↑ +11740%

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Endoluminl ivus oct c ea at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,043.00 $94.41 – $2,980.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $7,248.00 $187.22 – $187.22
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,043.00 $100.00 – $2,980.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $9,551.77 $187.22 – $187.22
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,739.50 $245.63 – $5,297.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,466.77 $241.63 – $3,700.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,158.95 $241.63 – $2,698.69
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