Ins/rpl wireless pulm art sensor incl s&i 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

$176,106.80

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.

$176,106.80

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.

$948.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $93,864.92 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.

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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 STAR $948.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPExchange $2,643.00 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $3,390.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPOS $3,511.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBHMO $3,511.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPOS $3,730.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMHMO $3,730.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPPO $3,792.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPPO $4,028.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna OONHMO $4,390.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna OONPOS $4,390.00 ↓ -98%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -97%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONPPO $4,740.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPOS $4,742.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAHMO $4,742.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPPO $5,120.00 ↓ -97%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,841.00 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $10,740.00 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00 ↓ -93%
Cigna PPO $13,835.00 ↓ -92%
United SmallGroup $16,800.00 ↓ -90%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $20,585.00 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $22,893.88 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $22,893.88 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $22,893.88 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $22,893.88 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $24,000.00 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $29,585.94 ↓ -83%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $48,077.16 ↓ -73%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $58,469.14 ↓ -67%
BCBS BAV $59,039.57 ↓ -66%
BCBS HMO $59,039.57 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $61,637.38 ↓ -65%
BCBS EPOSOA $68,451.67 ↓ -61%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $70,442.72 ↓ -60%
BCBS PPO $77,863.78 ↓ -56%
United GlobalAppendix $79,248.06 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $93,864.92 ↓ -47%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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