Ghs ot dds rom at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
$3,014.43
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.
$3,014.43
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.
$18.56 with BCBS vs $1,606.69 with Coventry National First Health — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $18.56 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BAV | $20.46 | ↓ -99% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $23.87 | ↓ -99% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $23.87 | ↓ -99% |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $25.56 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $25.61 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | PPO | $25.61 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | HMO | $25.61 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $26.08 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $26.08 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $26.08 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $26.08 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $26.08 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $26.08 | ↓ -99% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $26.08 | ↓ -99% |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $26.08 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $26.08 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $26.08 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $26.08 | ↓ -99% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $26.21 | ↓ -99% |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $26.34 | ↓ -99% |
| United | MCR | $26.60 | ↓ -99% |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $26.86 | ↓ -99% |
| WellCare | PPO | $26.86 | ↓ -99% |
| WellCare | SNP | $26.86 | ↓ -99% |
| WellCare | POS | $26.86 | ↓ -99% |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $26.86 | ↓ -99% |
| WellCare | PFFS | $26.86 | ↓ -99% |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $27.38 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $27.38 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $27.38 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $27.38 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $27.38 | ↓ -99% |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $27.38 | ↓ -99% |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $27.38 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $27.38 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $27.38 | ↓ -99% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $27.64 | ↓ -99% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $27.64 | ↓ -99% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $27.64 | ↓ -99% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $27.64 | ↓ -99% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $27.64 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | MGMCR | $28.43 | ↓ -99% |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $33.90 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $37.82 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $37.82 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior | HMO | $40.42 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior | EPO | $40.42 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $56.07 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $180.87 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $180.87 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $180.87 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $180.87 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $180.87 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | PPO | $190.42 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | HMO | $190.42 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $391.88 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $391.88 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $391.88 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $391.88 | ↓ -87% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $506.42 | ↓ -83% |
| Oscar | HIX | $587.81 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $798.82 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $967.63 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $967.63 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $967.63 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,030.94 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,030.94 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,030.94 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,055.05 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,208.79 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,208.79 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,208.79 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,305.25 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,305.25 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,305.25 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,356.49 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,606.69 | ↓ -47% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $18.56 – $56.07 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $18.56 – $56.07 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $134.00 | $23.95 – $201.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $106.09 | $21.22 – $157.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $134.00 | $29.26 – $201.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $134.00 | $69.23 – $253.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $106.09 | $23.95 – $159.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $134.00 | $23.95 – $189.83 |