Ghs sedimentation rate 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.

$0.79 with Superior Health Plan vs $47.39 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 STARPLUS $0.79
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.79
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.79
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.79
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.79
United OptionsPPO $2.22
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.59
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.59
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3.59
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.59
Evry Health BroadNetwork $3.60
United MGMCD $3.66
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $3.88
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $3.95
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $3.95
Molina Healthcare STAR $3.95
Molina Healthcare CHIP $3.95
Oscar MGMCR $4.18
United SmallGroup $4.27
United AllPayerAppendix $4.27
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.27
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $4.27
Devoted Health MGMCR $4.27
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.27
BCBS MCRPPO $4.27
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $4.27
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $4.27
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $4.27
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.27
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.27
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.27
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $4.27
WellMed MGMCR $4.29
Van Lang IPA MCR $4.31
United MCR $4.36
WellCare PFFS $4.40
WellCare PPO $4.40
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $4.40
WellCare SNP $4.40
WellCare MCRHMO $4.40
WellCare POS $4.40
American Health Plan MGMCR $4.48
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $4.48
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $4.48
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $4.48
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $4.48
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $4.48
Superior Health Plan PFFS $4.48
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $4.48
Shared Health MGMCR $4.48
Humana MCD $4.49
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $4.53
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $4.53
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $4.53
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $4.53
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $4.53
BCBS Traditional $4.62
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4.62
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $4.62
Molina MGMCR $4.65
Verda Health Plan MCR $5.55
United GlobalAppendix $5.94
Superior ValueHMO $6.19
Community Health Choice HIX $6.19
Superior EPO $6.62
Superior HMO $6.62
Coventry National First Health COMM $7.03
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.63
Molina Healthcare HIX $9.18
BCBS BAV $9.52
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $10.64
BCBS HMO $11.91
Oscar HIX $12.34
BCBS EPOSOA $12.77
BCBS PPO $13.62
Aetna QHPExchange $15.67
Cigna CSN $18.14
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $19.65
Aetna NBPPO $20.83
Aetna NBHMO $20.83
Aetna NBPOS $20.83
Aetna COMMPPO $22.13
Aetna COMMPOS $22.13
Aetna COMMHMO $22.13
Cigna PPO $23.38
Aetna OONPPO $26.00
Aetna OONHMO $26.00
Aetna OONPOS $26.00
Aetna ASAHMO $28.11
Aetna ASAPOS $28.11
Aetna ASAPPO $28.11
Humana PPO $47.39
Humana HMO $47.39
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Ghs sedimentation rate at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $45.50 $3.07 – $130.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $45.50 $3.07 – $130.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $38.92 $3.59 – $18.14
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $3.52 – $18.14
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $80.08 $3.59 – $100.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $48.29 $6.26 – $72.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $53.71 $3.59 – $67.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $80.08 $3.59 – $100.09

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