Gc stocking full lngth 30-40 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.

$85.92 with Oscar vs $188.49 with Molina Healthcare — 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
Oscar MGMCR $85.92
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $87.67
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $87.67
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $87.67
Devoted Health MGMCR $87.67
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $87.67
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $87.67
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $87.67
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $87.67
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $87.67
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $87.67
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $87.67
BCBS MCRPPO $87.67
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $87.67
WellMed MGMCR $88.11
Van Lang IPA MCR $88.55
United MCR $89.42
WellCare POS $90.30
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $90.30
WellCare PFFS $90.30
WellCare MCRHMO $90.30
WellCare PPO $90.30
WellCare SNP $90.30
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $92.05
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $92.05
Superior Health Plan PFFS $92.05
Shared Health MGMCR $92.05
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $92.05
American Health Plan MGMCR $92.05
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $92.05
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $92.05
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $92.05
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $92.93
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $92.93
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $92.93
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $92.93
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $92.93
Molina MGMCR $95.56
Verda Health Plan MCR $113.97
Community Health Choice HIX $127.12
Superior ValueHMO $127.12
Superior HMO $135.89
Superior EPO $135.89
Molina Healthcare HIX $188.49

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Gc stocking full lngth 30-40 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $85.92 – $188.49
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $85.92 – $188.49
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $85.92 – $188.49
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $85.92 – $188.49
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $85.92 – $188.49
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $85.92 – $188.49
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $85.92 – $188.49
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $85.92 – $188.49

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