Hkafo torsion unilat rot str 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.

$152.59 with Oscar vs $1,197.63 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 $152.59
Devoted Health MGMCR $155.70
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $155.70
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $155.70
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $155.70
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $155.70
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $155.70
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $155.70
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $155.70
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $155.70
BCBS MCRPPO $155.70
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $155.70
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $155.70
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $155.70
WellMed MGMCR $156.48
Van Lang IPA MCR $157.26
United MCR $158.81
WellCare SNP $160.37
WellCare PPO $160.37
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $160.37
WellCare PFFS $160.37
WellCare MCRHMO $160.37
WellCare POS $160.37
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $163.48
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $163.48
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $163.48
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $163.48
Superior Health Plan PFFS $163.48
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $163.48
Shared Health MGMCR $163.48
American Health Plan MGMCR $163.48
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $163.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $165.04
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $165.04
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $165.04
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $165.04
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $165.04
Molina MGMCR $169.71
Verda Health Plan MCR $202.41
Superior ValueHMO $225.76
Community Health Choice HIX $225.76
Superior EPO $241.33
Superior HMO $241.33
Molina Healthcare HIX $334.75
Humana HMO $1,197.63
Humana PPO $1,197.63

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Hkafo torsion unilat rot str at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $152.59 – $334.75
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $152.59 – $334.75
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $152.59 – $334.75
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $152.59 – $334.75
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $152.59 – $334.75
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $152.59 – $334.75
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $152.59 – $334.75
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $152.59 – $334.75

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