Insert vad art access left hrt art & vein access 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

$295,544.98

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.

$295,544.98

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 $236,435.98 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance — 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 STARKids $948.00 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -100%
Oscar HIX $3,390.00 ↓ -99%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -98%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -98%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,841.00 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6,011.39 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $6,300.00 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $6,621.05 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $7,499.49 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $7,604.38 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $7,709.27 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8,757.00 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $9,000.00 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $10,740.00 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00 ↓ -96%
Curative Administrators COMM $12,018.00 ↓ -96%
Cigna PPO $13,835.00 ↓ -95%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $16,207.00 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $38,420.85 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $38,420.85 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $38,420.85 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $38,420.85 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $49,651.56 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare HIX $79,797.14 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $103,440.74 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $118,217.99 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $132,995.24 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $157,525.47 ↓ -47%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $236,435.98 ↓ -20%

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Insert vad art access left hrt art & vein access at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $6,543.95 $2,056.67 – $18,697.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $6,543.95 $1,495.76 – $18,697.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $6,011.39 – $6,011.39
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $6,011.39 – $6,011.39
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $7,330.95 $1,107.88 – $10,385.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $7,330.95 $812.88 – $10,385.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $7,330.95 $1,107.88 – $10,385.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $7,330.95 $1,107.88 – $10,385.51

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