Ghs ng placement w fluoro guidance at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
$695.16
Cash price 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.
$695.16
Gross charge 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.
$116.79 with United vs $5,841.00 with Healthcare Highways — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | OptionsPPO | $116.79 | ↓ -83% |
| United | MGMCD | $120.54 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $123.57 | ↓ -82% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $123.57 | ↓ -82% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $123.57 | ↓ -82% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $123.57 | ↓ -82% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $125.82 | ↓ -82% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $125.82 | ↓ -82% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $125.82 | ↓ -82% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $125.82 | ↓ -82% |
| Humana | MCD | $140.43 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $141.82 | ↓ -80% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $189.78 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $243.31 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $278.06 | ↓ -60% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $312.82 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $370.52 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $745.36 | ↑ +7% |
| BCBS | HMO | $752.63 | ↑ +8% |
| BCBS | BAV | $752.63 | ↑ +8% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $872.62 | ↑ +26% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $948.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $948.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS | PPO | $992.60 | ↑ +43% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,120.00 | ↑ +61% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,579.00 | ↑ +127% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,600.00 | ↑ +130% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,672.00 | ↑ +141% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,702.00 | ↑ +145% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $2,098.00 | ↑ +202% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $2,098.00 | ↑ +202% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $2,229.00 | ↑ +221% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $2,229.00 | ↑ +221% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $2,299.00 | ↑ +231% |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,358.00 | ↑ +239% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $2,444.00 | ↑ +252% |
| Cigna | CSN | $2,518.00 | ↑ +262% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $2,623.00 | ↑ +277% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $2,623.00 | ↑ +277% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,728.00 | ↑ +292% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $2,832.00 | ↑ +307% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $2,832.00 | ↑ +307% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $2,876.00 | ↑ +314% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $3,106.00 | ↑ +347% |
| Cigna | PPO | $3,244.00 | ↑ +367% |
| Humana | PPO | $4,690.00 | ↑ +575% |
| Humana | HMO | $4,690.00 | ↑ +575% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $5,841.00 | ↑ +740% |
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Ghs ng placement w fluoro guidance at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $210.70 | $162.54 – $602.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $210.70 | $162.54 – $602.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $110.09 – $632.65 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $112.34 – $632.65 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $423.76 | $111.00 – $987.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $390.24 | $80.32 – $987.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $404.41 | $85.00 – $987.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $423.76 | $111.00 – $987.04 |