Evasc prlng admn rx agnt add 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

$3,211.84

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.

$3,211.84

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.

$417.54 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $16,207.00 with Evry Health — 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 $417.54 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $417.54 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $417.54 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $417.54 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $539.59 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare HIX $867.20 ↓ -73%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -70%
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↓ -70%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -70%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -70%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $1,124.14 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,284.74 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $1,445.33 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,711.91 ↓ -47%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2,316.62 ↓ -28%
BCBS BAV $2,551.56 ↓ -21%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $2,569.47 ↓ -20%
BCBS PPO $2,890.09 ↓ -10%
BCBS EPOSOA $2,930.51 ↓ -9%
BCBS HMO $2,970.93 ↓ -8%
Oscar HIX $3,390.00 ↑ +6%
United SmallGroup $4,183.00 ↑ +30%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4,340.00 ↑ +35%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↑ +46%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↑ +46%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,841.00 ↑ +82%
United AllPayerAppendix $5,976.00 ↑ +86%
Cigna CSN $10,740.00 ↑ +234%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00 ↑ +262%
Curative Administrators COMM $12,018.00 ↑ +274%
Cigna PPO $13,835.00 ↑ +331%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $16,207.00 ↑ +405%

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Evasc prlng admn rx agnt add at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,606.50 $504.90 – $4,590.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $25,383.00 $2,316.62 – $2,316.62
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,606.50 $367.20 – $4,590.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $2,316.62 – $2,316.62
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,803.24 $794.25 – $3,971.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,060.00 $71.00 – $5,388.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $4,340.56 $71.00 – $5,425.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,803.24 $747.53 – $3,971.25

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