Ghs pacing - transcutaneous at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
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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.
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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.
$9.55 with Humana vs $2,251.00 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 |
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| Humana | PPO | $9.55 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $9.55 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $91.06 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $91.06 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $91.06 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $91.06 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $91.06 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $197.30 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $197.30 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $197.30 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $197.30 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $224.62 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $242.83 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $247.39 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $254.97 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $273.19 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $288.36 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $295.95 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $341.48 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $349.07 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $355.14 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $402.19 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $414.33 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $487.18 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $487.18 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $487.18 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $519.05 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $519.05 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $519.05 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $531.20 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $607.08 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $607.08 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $608.60 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $608.60 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $608.60 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $657.16 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $657.16 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $657.16 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $682.97 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $808.93 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,534.00 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,732.00 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,191.00 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,251.00 | — |
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Ghs pacing - transcutaneous at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $444.15 | $100.00 – $1,269.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $6,492.00 | $9.55 – $933.44 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $444.15 | $100.00 – $1,269.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $2,060.22 | $9.55 – $933.44 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,102.70 | $312.43 – $1,612.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $723.40 | $123.00 – $1,612.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $664.41 | $113.00 – $1,612.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,102.70 | $294.05 – $1,612.26 |