Ot evaluation high complexity patient/family at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
$1,543.45
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.
$1,543.45
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.
$86.87 with Oscar vs $868.91 with Humana — 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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| Oscar | MGMCR | $86.87 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $88.64 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $88.64 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $88.64 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $88.64 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $88.64 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $88.64 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $88.64 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $88.64 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $88.64 | ↓ -94% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $88.64 | ↓ -94% |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $88.64 | ↓ -94% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $89.09 | ↓ -94% |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $89.53 | ↓ -94% |
| United | MCR | $90.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $91.30 | ↓ -94% |
| WellCare | PPO | $91.30 | ↓ -94% |
| WellCare | SNP | $91.30 | ↓ -94% |
| WellCare | POS | $91.30 | ↓ -94% |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $91.30 | ↓ -94% |
| WellCare | PFFS | $91.30 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $92.61 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $92.61 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $92.61 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $92.61 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $92.61 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $93.07 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $93.07 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $93.07 | ↓ -94% |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $93.07 | ↓ -94% |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $93.07 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $93.07 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $93.07 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $93.07 | ↓ -94% |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $93.07 | ↓ -94% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $93.96 | ↓ -94% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $93.96 | ↓ -94% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $93.96 | ↓ -94% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $93.96 | ↓ -94% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $93.96 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | MGMCR | $96.62 | ↓ -94% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $101.98 | ↓ -93% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $101.98 | ↓ -93% |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $115.23 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $128.53 | ↓ -92% |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $128.53 | ↓ -92% |
| Superior | EPO | $137.40 | ↓ -91% |
| Superior | HMO | $137.40 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $190.58 | ↓ -88% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $200.65 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $200.65 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $200.65 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $200.65 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $217.57 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | BAV | $239.89 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $259.30 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $300.10 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | PPO | $300.33 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | HMO | $300.33 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $300.33 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $300.97 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $398.65 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $398.65 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $398.65 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $422.81 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $422.81 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $422.81 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $498.47 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $498.47 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $498.47 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $537.89 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $537.89 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $537.89 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $540.21 | ↓ -65% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $694.55 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $822.66 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana | PPO | $868.91 | ↓ -44% |
| Humana | HMO | $868.91 | ↓ -44% |
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Ot evaluation high complexity patient/family at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $86.87 – $190.58 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $86.87 – $190.58 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $333.87 | $357.97 – $357.97 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $374.12 | $106.00 – $530.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $419.98 | $86.45 – $629.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $405.44 | $81.09 – $506.81 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $374.12 | $99.76 – $530.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $419.98 | $108.00 – $629.97 |