Gi wireless capsule measure 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.
$809.60 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $9,014.56 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.
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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| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $809.60 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $809.60 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $809.60 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $809.60 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $825.79 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $874.37 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $908.06 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $908.06 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $908.06 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $908.06 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $1,031.89 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $2,030.00 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $2,130.00 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $2,431.00 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,434.00 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,613.00 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $2,758.49 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,900.00 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,979.00 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $3,041.41 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $3,807.65 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $3,807.65 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $3,807.65 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $9,014.56 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $9,014.56 | — |
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Gi wireless capsule measure at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $809.00 – $2,758.49 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $809.60 – $2,758.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,201.70 | $247.35 – $2,245.59 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $710.42 | $466.98 – $2,245.59 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,201.70 | $789.92 – $2,245.59 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,201.70 | $937.56 – $2,501.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $710.42 | $466.98 – $2,245.59 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $1,201.70 | $660.93 – $2,245.59 |