Hip joint adjustable flexion 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.

$460.45 with Oscar vs $3,614.12 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 $460.45
Devoted Health MGMCR $469.85
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $469.85
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $469.85
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $469.85
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $469.85
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $469.85
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $469.85
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $469.85
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $469.85
BCBS MCRPPO $469.85
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $469.85
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $469.85
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $469.85
WellMed MGMCR $472.20
Van Lang IPA MCR $474.55
United MCR $479.25
WellCare SNP $483.95
WellCare PPO $483.95
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $483.95
WellCare PFFS $483.95
WellCare MCRHMO $483.95
WellCare POS $483.95
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $493.34
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $493.34
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $493.34
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $493.34
Superior Health Plan PFFS $493.34
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $493.34
Shared Health MGMCR $493.34
American Health Plan MGMCR $493.34
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $493.34
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $498.04
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $498.04
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $498.04
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $498.04
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $498.04
Molina MGMCR $512.14
Verda Health Plan MCR $610.81
Superior ValueHMO $681.28
Community Health Choice HIX $681.28
Superior EPO $728.27
Superior HMO $728.27
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,010.18
Humana HMO $3,614.12
Humana PPO $3,614.12

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Hip joint adjustable flexion at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $460.45 – $1,010.18
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $460.45 – $1,010.18
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $460.45 – $1,010.18
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $460.45 – $1,010.18
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $460.45 – $1,010.18
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $460.45 – $1,010.18
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $460.45 – $1,010.18
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $460.45 – $1,010.18

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