Intro cath dialysis circuit w/pta at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
$15,377.15
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.
$15,377.15
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.
$1,893.79 with United vs $13,835.00 with Cigna — 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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| United | MGMCD | $1,893.79 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $1,941.38 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $1,941.38 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $1,941.38 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $1,941.38 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $1,976.68 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $1,976.68 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $1,976.68 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $1,976.68 | ↓ -87% |
| Humana | MCD | $2,206.11 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $2,227.99 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,583.36 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $2,643.00 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $3,511.00 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $3,511.00 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $3,730.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $3,730.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $3,792.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $4,028.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $4,197.96 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $4,390.00 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $4,390.00 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $4,740.00 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $4,742.00 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $4,742.00 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $5,120.00 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $5,382.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $5,591.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $5,591.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $5,591.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $5,591.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $5,591.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $5,841.00 | ↓ -62% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $6,150.86 | ↓ -60% |
| United | SmallGroup | $6,300.00 | ↓ -59% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $6,919.72 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $8,196.02 | ↓ -47% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $8,778.00 | ↓ -43% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $8,987.00 | ↓ -42% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $9,000.00 | ↓ -41% |
| Humana | PPO | $10,106.00 | ↓ -34% |
| Humana | HMO | $10,106.00 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $10,155.52 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS | BAV | $10,254.59 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS | HMO | $10,254.59 | ↓ -33% |
| Oscar | HIX | $10,586.00 | ↓ -31% |
| Cigna | CSN | $10,740.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $11,636.00 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $11,889.38 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS | PPO | $13,524.17 | ↓ -12% |
| Cigna | PPO | $13,835.00 | ↓ -10% |
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Intro cath dialysis circuit w/pta at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $18,447.80 | $14,231.16 – $52,708.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $18,447.80 | $14,231.16 – $52,708.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $12,429.31 | $1,764.89 – $8,619.80 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $1,729.59 – $8,619.80 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $12,316.55 | $1,764.89 – $15,395.69 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $9,712.25 | $71.00 – $14,568.38 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $14,186.89 | $71.00 – $17,733.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $12,316.55 | $1,764.89 – $15,395.69 |