Mayo avwpr vw factor activity 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

$806.87

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.

$806.87

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.

$25.92 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $430.06 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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $25.92 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $25.92 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $25.92 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $25.92 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $26.44 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $27.99 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $28.51 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $28.51 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $28.51 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STAR $28.51 ↓ -96%
Oscar MGMCR $30.24 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $30.86 ↓ -96%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $30.86 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $30.86 ↓ -96%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $30.86 ↓ -96%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $30.86 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MGMCR $30.86 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $30.86 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $30.86 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $30.86 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $30.86 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $30.86 ↓ -96%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $30.86 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCRPPO $30.86 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $30.86 ↓ -96%
WellMed MGMCR $31.01 ↓ -96%
Van Lang IPA MCR $31.17 ↓ -96%
United MCR $31.48 ↓ -96%
WellCare MCRHMO $31.79 ↓ -96%
WellCare POS $31.79 ↓ -96%
WellCare PFFS $31.79 ↓ -96%
WellCare PPO $31.79 ↓ -96%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $31.79 ↓ -96%
WellCare SNP $31.79 ↓ -96%
American Health Plan MGMCR $32.40 ↓ -96%
Humana MCD $32.40 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $32.40 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $32.40 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $32.40 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $32.40 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $32.40 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $32.40 ↓ -96%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $32.40 ↓ -96%
Shared Health MGMCR $32.40 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $32.71 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $32.71 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $32.71 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $32.71 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $32.71 ↓ -96%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $33.40 ↓ -96%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $33.40 ↓ -96%
Molina MGMCR $33.64 ↓ -96%
Verda Health Plan MCR $40.12 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice HIX $44.75 ↓ -94%
Superior ValueHMO $44.75 ↓ -94%
Superior EPO $47.83 ↓ -94%
Superior HMO $47.83 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $48.41 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $48.41 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $48.41 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $48.41 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $48.41 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $62.34 ↓ -92%
Molina Healthcare HIX $66.35 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $68.82 ↓ -91%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $74.99 ↓ -91%
BCBS HMO $86.10 ↓ -89%
Oscar HIX $89.19 ↓ -89%
BCBS EPOSOA $92.27 ↓ -89%
BCBS PPO $98.44 ↓ -88%
Aetna QHPExchange $113.03 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $126.87 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $135.55 ↓ -83%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $137.42 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBPOS $150.31 ↓ -81%
Aetna NBPPO $150.31 ↓ -81%
Aetna NBHMO $150.31 ↓ -81%
Aetna COMMPPO $159.69 ↓ -80%
Aetna COMMPOS $159.69 ↓ -80%
Aetna COMMHMO $159.69 ↓ -80%
Cigna PPO $163.49 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONHMO $187.60 ↓ -77%
Aetna OONPOS $187.60 ↓ -77%
Aetna OONPPO $187.60 ↓ -77%
Aetna ASAHMO $202.84 ↓ -75%
Aetna ASAPPO $202.84 ↓ -75%
Aetna ASAPOS $202.84 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $220.28 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $282.40 ↓ -65%
Humana PPO $333.91 ↓ -59%
Humana HMO $333.91 ↓ -59%
United GlobalAppendix $363.09 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $430.06 ↓ -47%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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