Ghs ot work hardening-additional hours 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

$347.09

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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.

$347.09

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.

$20.83 with Superior Health Plan vs $565.50 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $20.83 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $20.83 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $20.83 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $20.83 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $20.83 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $45.12 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $45.12 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $45.12 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $45.12 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $58.31 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $67.68 ↓ -81%
Molina Healthcare HIX $93.71 ↓ -73%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $110.47 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $121.48 ↓ -65%
BCBS BAV $121.80 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $138.84 ↓ -60%
BCBS HMO $152.49 ↓ -56%
BCBS PPO $152.49 ↓ -56%
BCBS EPOSOA $152.49 ↓ -56%
United GlobalAppendix $156.19 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $185.00 ↓ -47%
Aetna QHPExchange $198.95 ↓ -43%
Aetna NBPPO $264.28 ↓ -24%
Aetna NBPOS $264.28 ↓ -24%
Aetna NBHMO $264.28 ↓ -24%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $277.67 ↓ -20%
Aetna COMMPPO $280.30 ↓ -19%
Aetna COMMPOS $280.30 ↓ -19%
Aetna COMMHMO $280.30 ↓ -19%
Aetna OONPPO $330.46 ↓ -5%
Aetna OONHMO $330.46 ↓ -5%
Aetna OONPOS $330.46 ↓ -5%
Aetna ASAPOS $356.59 ↑ +3%
Aetna ASAPPO $356.59 ↑ +3%
Aetna ASAHMO $356.59 ↑ +3%
Humana PPO $565.50 ↑ +63%
Humana HMO $565.50 ↑ +63%

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Ghs ot work hardening-additional hours at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $305.67 $110.47 – $565.50
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $110.47 – $565.50
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $74.66 $68.93 – $293.00
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $989.12 $110.47 – $565.50
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $21.11 $9.05 – $255.00
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield $320.59 $64.72 – $64.72
Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital Cedar Park $59.89 $80.73 – $195.92
Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis (Ascension Seton) Luling $38.34 $80.73 – $195.92

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