Implant 11 volt lithium-ion backup battery for controller pocket 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.
$1,036.19 with Oscar vs $9,290.72 with Coventry National First Health — 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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| Oscar | MGMCR | $1,036.19 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $1,045.86 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $1,045.86 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $1,045.86 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $1,045.86 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $1,045.86 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $1,057.34 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $1,057.34 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $1,057.34 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $1,057.34 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $1,057.34 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $1,057.34 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $1,057.34 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,057.34 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $1,057.34 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $1,057.34 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $1,057.34 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $1,057.34 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $1,057.34 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $1,062.63 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $1,067.91 | — |
| United | MCR | $1,078.49 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $1,089.06 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $1,089.06 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $1,089.06 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $1,089.06 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $1,089.06 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $1,089.06 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $1,110.21 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $1,110.21 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $1,110.21 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $1,110.21 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $1,110.21 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $1,110.21 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $1,110.21 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $1,110.21 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $1,110.21 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $1,120.78 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $1,120.78 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $1,120.78 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $1,120.78 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $1,120.78 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $1,152.50 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $1,374.54 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $1,533.14 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $1,533.14 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $1,638.88 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $1,638.88 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $2,266.03 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $2,266.03 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $2,266.03 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $2,266.03 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $2,273.28 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $2,579.79 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,788.96 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $2,841.25 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,928.41 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $3,137.58 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $3,311.89 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $3,921.97 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $4,009.13 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $4,078.85 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $6,100.85 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $7,843.95 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $8,133.09 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $8,133.09 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $9,290.72 | — |
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Implant 11 volt lithium-ion backup battery for controller pocket at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $2,827.30 | $1,469.79 – $6,999.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $2,827.30 | $1,469.79 – $6,999.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $1,036.19 – $2,273.28 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $1,036.19 – $2,273.28 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $5,098.50 | $382.50 – $2,289.44 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $5,000.40 | $277.88 – $2,025.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $5,000.40 | $292.38 – $1,949.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $5,098.50 | $360.00 – $2,289.44 |