Ins/rpl pm gen exist dual lead 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

$10,861.39

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.

$10,861.39

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.

$651.68 with Superior Health Plan vs $40,000.00 with United — 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $651.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $651.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $651.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $651.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $651.68 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,770.41 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $1,824.71 ↓ -83%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,944.00 ↓ -82%
BCBS BAV $1,955.05 ↓ -82%
BCBS HMO $2,443.81 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $2,498.12 ↓ -77%
Aetna NBPOS $2,580.00 ↓ -76%
Aetna NBHMO $2,580.00 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,742.00 ↓ -75%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,742.00 ↓ -75%
Aetna NBPPO $2,986.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna COMMPPO $3,174.00 ↓ -71%
Aetna OONHMO $3,228.00 ↓ -70%
Aetna OONPOS $3,228.00 ↓ -70%
Aetna ASAHMO $3,486.00 ↓ -68%
Aetna ASAPOS $3,486.00 ↓ -68%
Aetna OONPPO $3,732.00 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $3,801.49 ↓ -65%
Aetna ASAPPO $4,034.00 ↓ -63%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4,344.56 ↓ -60%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -57%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $4,887.63 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $5,789.12 ↓ -47%
United MGMCD $6,907.69 ↓ -36%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $7,081.25 ↓ -35%
Molina Healthcare STAR $7,081.25 ↓ -35%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $7,081.25 ↓ -35%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $7,081.25 ↓ -35%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $7,210.00 ↓ -34%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $7,210.00 ↓ -34%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $7,210.00 ↓ -34%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $7,210.00 ↓ -34%
Humana MCD $8,046.88 ↓ -26%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $8,126.70 ↓ -25%
Cigna CSN $9,751.00 ↓ -10%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $10,565.00 ↓ -3%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $10,949.00 ↑ +1%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $12,193.00 ↑ +12%
Cigna PPO $12,562.00 ↑ +16%
Oscar HIX $17,551.00 ↑ +62%
Curative Administrators COMM $24,035.00 ↑ +121%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $27,575.00 ↑ +154%
BCBS PPO $27,987.80 ↑ +158%
United SmallGroup $28,000.00 ↑ +158%
United AllPayerAppendix $40,000.00 ↑ +268%

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Ins/rpl pm gen exist dual lead at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $9,112.95 $1,609.00 – $26,037.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $9,112.95 $1,609.00 – $26,037.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $6,308.75 – $17,838.38
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $6,437.50 – $17,838.38
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $11,936.76 $2,763.00 – $26,452.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $9,089.75 $1,870.97 – $26,452.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $10,930.91 $6,022.00 – $26,452.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $11,936.76 $2,763.00 – $26,452.82

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