Hemodialysis repeated eval at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
$2,977.79
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.
$2,977.79
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.
$85.92 with Christus (USFHP) vs $2,382.23 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance — 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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| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $85.92 | ↓ -97% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $85.92 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $178.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $178.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $178.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $178.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $178.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $387.11 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $387.11 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $387.11 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $387.11 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | CSN | $440.71 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $476.45 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $485.38 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $500.27 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | BAV | $536.00 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | PPO | $565.78 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $580.67 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | HMO | $670.00 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $684.89 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | PPO | $696.80 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $759.34 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $789.11 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $804.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $812.94 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $955.87 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $955.87 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $955.87 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,006.82 | ↓ -66% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,006.82 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,018.40 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,018.40 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,018.40 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,042.23 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,191.12 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,194.09 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,194.09 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,194.09 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,289.38 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,289.38 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,289.38 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,340.01 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,587.16 | ↓ -47% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $2,382.23 | ↓ -20% |
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Hemodialysis repeated eval at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $4,333.00 | $77.00 – $1,006.82 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $2,316.85 | $85.92 – $1,006.82 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $2,991.51 | $85.92 – $1,006.82 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $2,123.70 | $74.21 – $1,006.82 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $5,791.92 | $77.00 – $1,006.82 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $5,304.20 | $85.92 – $1,006.82 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | $2,881.23 | $83.79 – $1,006.82 |
| Texas Health Hospital Mansfield | Mansfield | $2,755.01 | not published |