Ghs moderate sedation ea addtl 15 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.

$37.87 with Superior Health Plan vs $504.90 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 CHPFC $37.87
Superior Health Plan CHIP $37.87
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $37.87
Superior Health Plan STARKids $37.87
Superior Health Plan STAR $37.87
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $82.05
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $82.05
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $82.05
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $82.05
Cigna CSN $93.41
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $100.98
United OptionsPPO $106.03
Cigna PPO $119.91
Oscar HIX $123.07
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.48
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $160.94
Aetna QHPExchange $167.25
BCBS BAV $169.22
Molina Healthcare HIX $170.41
Evry Health BroadNetwork $172.30
Humana HMO $201.39
Humana PPO $201.39
Aetna NBHMO $202.59
Aetna NBPOS $202.59
Aetna NBPPO $202.59
BCBS PPO $211.86
BCBS EPOSOA $211.86
BCBS HMO $211.86
Aetna COMMPPO $215.85
Aetna COMMHMO $215.85
Aetna COMMPOS $215.85
BCBS Traditional $220.90
Curative Administrators COMM $252.45
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $252.45
Aetna OONPOS $253.08
Aetna OONPPO $253.08
Aetna OONHMO $253.08
Aetna ASAHMO $273.28
Aetna ASAPPO $273.28
Aetna ASAPOS $273.28
United GlobalAppendix $284.01
Coventry National First Health COMM $336.39
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $504.90

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Ghs moderate sedation ea addtl 15 min, other at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $189.35 $77.40 – $541.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $189.35 $95.76 – $541.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $153.48 – $153.48
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $153.48 – $153.48
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $322.73 $252.52 – $252.52
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $107.42 $30.44 – $201.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $70.05 $14.42 – $105.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $115.81 $23.16 – $198.08

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