Hand restoration replacmnt g 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.

$751.08 with Oscar vs $5,895.23 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
Oscar MGMCR $751.08
Devoted Health MGMCR $766.41
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $766.41
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $766.41
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $766.41
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $766.41
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $766.41
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $766.41
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $766.41
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $766.41
BCBS MCRPPO $766.41
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $766.41
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $766.41
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $766.41
WellMed MGMCR $770.24
Van Lang IPA MCR $774.07
United MCR $781.74
WellCare SNP $789.40
WellCare PPO $789.40
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $789.40
WellCare PFFS $789.40
WellCare MCRHMO $789.40
WellCare POS $789.40
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $804.73
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $804.73
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $804.73
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $804.73
Superior Health Plan PFFS $804.73
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $804.73
Shared Health MGMCR $804.73
American Health Plan MGMCR $804.73
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $804.73
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $812.39
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $812.39
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $812.39
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $812.39
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $812.39
Molina MGMCR $835.39
Verda Health Plan MCR $996.33
Superior ValueHMO $1,111.29
Community Health Choice HIX $1,111.29
Superior EPO $1,187.94
Superior HMO $1,187.94
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,647.78
Humana HMO $5,895.23
Humana PPO $5,895.23

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Hand restoration replacmnt g at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $751.08 – $1,647.78
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $751.08 – $1,647.78
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $751.08 – $1,647.78
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $751.08 – $1,647.78
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $751.08 – $1,647.78
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $751.08 – $1,647.78
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $751.08 – $1,647.78
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $751.08 – $1,647.78

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