Ins/rpl pm w/tv ld atrl 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

$7,049.72

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.

$7,049.72

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.

$422.98 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 $422.98 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $422.98 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $422.98 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $422.98 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $422.98 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,149.10 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $1,184.35 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $1,268.95 ↓ -82%
BCBS HMO $1,586.19 ↓ -77%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,621.44 ↓ -77%
BCBS Traditional $2,467.40 ↓ -65%
Aetna QHPExchange $2,643.00 ↓ -63%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,819.89 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $3,172.37 ↓ -55%
Aetna NBHMO $3,511.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna NBPOS $3,511.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna COMMHMO $3,730.00 ↓ -47%
Aetna COMMPOS $3,730.00 ↓ -47%
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,757.50 ↓ -47%
Aetna NBPPO $3,792.00 ↓ -46%
Aetna COMMPPO $4,028.00 ↓ -43%
Aetna OONPOS $4,390.00 ↓ -38%
Aetna OONHMO $4,390.00 ↓ -38%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -33%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna OONPPO $4,740.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna ASAHMO $4,742.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna ASAPOS $4,742.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna ASAPPO $5,120.00 ↓ -27%
United MGMCD $6,691.11 ↓ -5%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $6,859.23 ↓ -3%
Molina Healthcare STAR $6,859.23 ↓ -3%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $6,859.23 ↓ -3%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $6,859.23 ↓ -3%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $6,983.94 ↓ -1%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $6,983.94 ↓ -1%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $6,983.94 ↓ -1%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $6,983.94 ↓ -1%
Humana MCD $7,794.57 ↑ +11%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $7,871.89 ↑ +12%
Cigna CSN $10,740.00 ↑ +52%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $10,949.00 ↑ +55%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00 ↑ +65%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $12,193.00 ↑ +73%
Cigna PPO $13,835.00 ↑ +96%
Oscar HIX $17,551.00 ↑ +149%
Curative Administrators COMM $24,035.00 ↑ +241%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $27,575.00 ↑ +291%
BCBS PPO $27,987.80 ↑ +297%
United SmallGroup $28,000.00 ↑ +297%
United AllPayerAppendix $40,000.00 ↑ +467%

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Ins/rpl pm w/tv ld atrl at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $3,658.20 $2,822.04 – $10,452.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $40,267.00 $6,110.95 – $17,838.38
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $3,658.20 $2,822.04 – $10,452.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $64,123.86 $6,235.66 – $17,838.38
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $17,237.01 $6,235.66 – $26,452.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $18,367.31 $71.00 – $27,550.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $14,874.40 $71.00 – $26,452.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $17,237.01 $6,235.66 – $26,452.82

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