Peri-proc device eval icd 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

$605.00

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.

$605.00

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.

$36.30 with Superior Health Plan vs $484.00 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 CHIP $36.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $36.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $36.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $36.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $36.30 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $47.22 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $52.06 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $65.18 ↓ -89%
BCBS HMO $65.18 ↓ -89%
BCBS PPO $65.18 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $78.65 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $78.65 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $78.65 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $78.65 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $89.54 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $96.80 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $101.64 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $114.95 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $117.97 ↓ -81%
Humana PPO $137.63 ↓ -77%
Humana HMO $137.63 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $154.28 ↓ -74%
Aetna QHPExchange $160.32 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $163.35 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $165.16 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPOS $194.21 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $194.21 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $194.21 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPOS $206.91 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $206.91 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $206.91 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $211.75 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $242.00 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $242.00 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $242.60 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $242.60 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $242.60 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPPO $261.96 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $261.96 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $261.96 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $272.25 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $322.46 ↓ -47%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $484.00 ↓ -20%

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Peri-proc device eval icd at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $440.65 $23.81 – $1,259.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $440.65 $29.46 – $1,259.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $599.50 $47.22 – $137.63
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $304.91 $61.95 – $431.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $222.64 $45.83 – $917.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $145.75 $29.15 – $917.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $304.91 $47.22 – $917.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $222.64 $71.47 – $917.00

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