Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
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Cash price 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 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.
$163.61 with BCBS vs $4,690.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $163.61 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $180.39 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $195.12 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $195.12 | — |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $195.61 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $199.60 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $199.60 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $199.60 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $199.60 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $199.60 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $199.60 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $199.60 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $199.60 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $199.60 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $199.60 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $199.60 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $200.60 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $201.60 | — |
| United | MCR | $203.59 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $205.59 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $205.59 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $205.59 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $205.59 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $205.59 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $205.59 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $209.58 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $209.58 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $209.58 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $209.58 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $209.58 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $209.58 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $209.58 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $209.58 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $209.58 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $211.58 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $211.58 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $211.58 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $211.58 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $211.58 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $217.56 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $225.84 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $225.84 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $225.84 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $259.48 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $289.42 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $289.42 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $309.38 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $309.38 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $429.14 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $4,690.00 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $4,690.00 | — |
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Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $384.30 | $82.51 – $1,098.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $384.30 | $100.00 – $1,098.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $1,945.22 | $163.61 – $429.14 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $163.61 – $429.14 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $576.16 | $112.00 – $816.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $576.16 | $112.00 – $864.24 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $504.10 | $100.82 – $630.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $576.16 | $112.00 – $816.23 |