Perq transcath cls aortic 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

$90,901.01

Cash price

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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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$90,901.01

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.

$710.22 with United vs $61,050.09 with BCBS — 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
United MGMCD $710.22 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $728.06 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $728.06 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $728.06 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $728.06 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $741.29 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $741.29 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $741.29 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $741.29 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $827.34 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $835.55 ↓ -99%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -95%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5,454.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5,454.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $5,454.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $5,454.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5,454.06 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $9,064.00 ↓ -90%
Oscar HIX $11,178.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPOS $12,039.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPPO $12,039.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBHMO $12,039.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPPO $12,794.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMHMO $12,794.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMPOS $12,794.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONPPO $15,050.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONHMO $15,050.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONPOS $15,050.00 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $15,271.37 ↓ -83%
United SmallGroup $16,100.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAPPO $16,261.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAHMO $16,261.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAPOS $16,261.00 ↓ -82%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $20,444.00 ↓ -78%
United AllPayerAppendix $23,000.00 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $23,179.76 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $24,815.98 ↓ -73%
Cigna CSN $28,305.00 ↓ -69%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $30,666.00 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $31,815.35 ↓ -65%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $35,227.33 ↓ -61%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $36,360.40 ↓ -60%
Cigna PPO $36,462.00 ↓ -60%
BCBS BAV $38,734.13 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $40,905.45 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $48,450.24 ↓ -47%
BCBS HMO $53,717.70 ↓ -41%
BCBS EPOSOA $57,383.89 ↓ -37%
BCBS PPO $61,050.09 ↓ -33%
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Perq transcath cls aortic at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $5,999.70 $4,628.34 – $17,142.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $5,999.70 $4,628.34 – $17,142.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $648.63 – $29,967.14
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $661.87 – $35,227.33
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $35,806.50 $661.87 – $44,758.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $20,488.05 $708.20 – $43,439.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $20,488.05 $661.87 – $43,439.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $35,806.50 $661.87 – $44,758.12

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