Pq biliary strict dil s&i 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

$227.35

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.

$227.35

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.

$13.64 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,582.22 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.

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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 CHPFC $13.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $13.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $13.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $13.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $13.64 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $29.56 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $29.56 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $29.56 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $29.56 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $33.65 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $36.38 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $38.19 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $43.20 ↓ -81%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $57.97 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $61.38 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $62.07 ↓ -73%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $77.39 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $79.57 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $90.94 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $90.94 ↓ -60%
BCBS BAV $98.05 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $102.31 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $121.18 ↓ -47%
BCBS HMO $149.50 ↓ -34%
BCBS EPOSOA $160.05 ↓ -30%
BCBS PPO $170.16 ↓ -25%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $181.88 ↓ -20%
Aetna QHPExchange $451.35 ↑ +99%
Aetna NBPPO $599.89 ↑ +164%
Aetna NBPOS $599.89 ↑ +164%
Aetna NBHMO $599.89 ↑ +164%
Aetna COMMPOS $638.14 ↑ +181%
Aetna COMMHMO $638.14 ↑ +181%
Aetna COMMPPO $638.14 ↑ +181%
Aetna OONPPO $750.34 ↑ +230%
Aetna OONHMO $750.34 ↑ +230%
Aetna OONPOS $750.34 ↑ +230%
Aetna ASAPOS $810.90 ↑ +257%
Aetna ASAHMO $810.90 ↑ +257%
Aetna ASAPPO $810.90 ↑ +257%
Humana HMO $1,582.22 ↑ +596%
Humana PPO $1,582.22 ↑ +596%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $679.35 $52.76 – $1,941.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $679.35 $62.00 – $1,941.00
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