Ghs community re-entry 15 minutes 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.

$31.57 with Oscar vs $318.60 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.

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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 $31.57
Devoted Health MGMCR $32.21
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $32.21
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $32.21
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $32.21
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $32.21
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $32.21
BCBS MCRPPO $32.21
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $32.21
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $32.21
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $32.21
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $32.21
WellMed MGMCR $32.37
Van Lang IPA MCR $32.53
United MCR $32.85
WellCare PFFS $33.18
WellCare MCRHMO $33.18
WellCare POS $33.18
WellCare SNP $33.18
WellCare PPO $33.18
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $33.18
Superior Health Plan PFFS $33.82
American Health Plan MGMCR $33.82
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $33.82
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $33.82
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $33.82
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $33.82
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $33.82
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $33.82
Shared Health MGMCR $33.82
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $34.14
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $34.14
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $34.14
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $34.14
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $34.14
Molina MGMCR $35.11
Verda Health Plan MCR $41.87
Superior ValueHMO $46.70
Community Health Choice HIX $46.70
Superior EPO $49.93
Superior HMO $49.93
Molina Healthcare HIX $69.25
BCBS MyBlueHealth $78.44
BCBS BAV $86.48
Aetna QHPExchange $94.68
BCBS HMO $108.27
BCBS EPOSOA $108.27
BCBS PPO $108.27
Aetna NBHMO $125.78
Aetna NBPOS $125.78
Aetna NBPPO $125.78
Aetna COMMPPO $133.40
Aetna COMMHMO $133.40
Aetna COMMPOS $133.40
Aetna OONHMO $157.27
Aetna OONPOS $157.27
Aetna OONPPO $157.27
Aetna ASAPOS $169.71
Aetna ASAPPO $169.71
Aetna ASAHMO $169.71
Humana HMO $318.60
Humana PPO $318.60

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Ghs community re-entry 15 minutes at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $213.97 $31.57 – $69.25
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $31.57 – $69.25
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $103.27 $29.26 – $146.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $104.88 $21.59 – $157.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $97.36 $19.47 – $149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $103.27 $27.54 – $146.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $104.88 $33.67 – $157.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $104.88 $54.19 – $253.00

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