Ghs moderate sedation, > 5 yr, 30 min, other 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.

$50.10 with Superior Health Plan vs $667.98 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $50.10
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $50.10
Superior Health Plan CHIP $50.10
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $50.10
Superior Health Plan STAR $50.10
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $108.55
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $108.55
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $108.55
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $108.55
Cigna CSN $123.58
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $133.60
United OptionsPPO $140.28
Cigna PPO $158.65
Oscar HIX $162.82
BCBS MyBlueHealth $188.91
BCBS BAV $208.28
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $212.92
Aetna QHPExchange $221.27
Molina Healthcare HIX $225.44
Evry Health BroadNetwork $227.95
BCBS EPOSOA $260.76
BCBS PPO $260.76
BCBS HMO $260.76
Humana PPO $266.44
Humana HMO $266.44
Aetna NBPPO $268.03
Aetna NBPOS $268.03
Aetna NBHMO $268.03
Aetna COMMHMO $285.56
Aetna COMMPPO $285.56
Aetna COMMPOS $285.56
BCBS Traditional $292.24
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $333.99
Curative Administrators COMM $333.99
Aetna OONPOS $334.83
Aetna OONHMO $334.83
Aetna OONPPO $334.83
Aetna ASAHMO $361.55
Aetna ASAPPO $361.55
Aetna ASAPOS $361.55
United GlobalAppendix $375.74
Coventry National First Health COMM $445.04
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $667.98

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Ghs moderate sedation, > 5 yr, 30 min, other at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $228.90 $95.26 – $654.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $228.90 $100.00 – $654.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $188.91 – $188.91
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $188.91 – $188.91
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,290.89 $310.81 – $310.81
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $170.15 $48.21 – $247.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $123.30 $25.38 – $184.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $127.39 $25.48 – $243.80

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