Ercp biliary & pancreas 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.

$81.82 with BCBS vs $4,532.75 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance — 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 $81.82
BCBS BAV $103.67
BCBS HMO $158.07
BCBS EPOSOA $169.22
BCBS PPO $179.92
Superior Health Plan STAR $339.96
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $339.96
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $339.96
Superior Health Plan STARKids $339.96
Superior Health Plan CHIP $339.96
Aetna QHPExchange $457.08
Aetna NBPPO $607.51
Aetna NBPOS $607.51
Aetna NBHMO $607.51
Aetna COMMHMO $646.25
Aetna COMMPOS $646.25
Aetna COMMPPO $646.25
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $736.57
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $736.57
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $736.57
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $736.57
Aetna OONHMO $759.87
Aetna OONPPO $759.87
Aetna OONPOS $759.87
Aetna ASAPPO $821.20
Aetna ASAHMO $821.20
Aetna ASAPOS $821.20
Cigna CSN $838.56
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $906.55
United OptionsPPO $951.88
Cigna PPO $1,076.53
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,444.81
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,529.80
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,546.80
BCBS Traditional $1,983.08
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,266.38
Curative Administrators COMM $2,266.38
Humana HMO $2,542.33
Humana PPO $2,542.33
United GlobalAppendix $2,549.67
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,019.95
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $4,532.75

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Ercp biliary & pancreas at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $494.20 $55.79 – $1,412.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $494.20 $65.55 – $1,412.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $5,321.75 $81.82 – $2,542.33
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $967.04 $92.98 – $1,369.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,167.85 $156.21 – $1,751.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,106.24 $156.21 – $1,382.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $967.04 $106.46 – $1,369.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,167.85 $190.14 – $1,751.78

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