Ercp stent exchange w/dilate 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.

$948.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $15,059.00 with Cigna — 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00
Aetna QHPExchange $1,944.00
United MGMCD $2,415.04
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $2,475.73
Molina Healthcare STAR $2,475.73
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $2,475.73
Molina Healthcare CHIP $2,475.73
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $2,520.74
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $2,520.74
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $2,520.74
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $2,520.74
Aetna NBHMO $2,580.00
Aetna NBPOS $2,580.00
Aetna COMMHMO $2,742.00
Aetna COMMPOS $2,742.00
Humana MCD $2,813.32
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $2,841.23
Aetna NBPPO $2,986.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $3,041.00
Aetna COMMPPO $3,174.00
Aetna OONPOS $3,228.00
Aetna OONHMO $3,228.00
Aetna ASAPOS $3,486.00
Aetna ASAHMO $3,486.00
United SmallGroup $3,500.00
Aetna OONPPO $3,732.00
Aetna ASAPPO $4,034.00
Evry Health BroadNetwork $4,052.00
Humana HMO $4,690.00
Humana PPO $4,690.00
Curative Administrators COMM $4,807.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4,995.00
United AllPayerAppendix $5,000.00
Oscar HIX $5,571.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9,800.70
BCBS BAV $9,896.32
BCBS HMO $9,896.32
BCBS EPOSOA $11,473.99
Cigna CSN $11,690.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $12,665.00
BCBS PPO $13,051.67
Cigna PPO $15,059.00

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Ercp stent exchange w/dilate at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $2,205.65 – $8,318.64
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $2,250.66 – $8,318.64
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $1,337.49 $2,292.84 – $2,866.05
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $5,976.04 – $8,715.36
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas not published $2,250.66 – $14,118.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco not published $2,250.66 – $14,118.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station not published $2,408.21 – $14,118.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park not published $2,250.66 – $14,118.49

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