Pq dr cath chg w cont s&i at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
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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.
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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.
$36.25 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,247.89 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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| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $36.25 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $36.25 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $36.25 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $36.25 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $36.25 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $78.54 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $78.54 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $78.54 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $78.54 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $89.41 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $96.66 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $101.50 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $114.79 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $120.51 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $152.69 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $154.06 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $163.12 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $164.93 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $211.45 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $232.80 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $241.66 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $241.66 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $249.23 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $264.98 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $271.86 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $322.01 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $358.25 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $476.15 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $476.15 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $476.15 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $483.31 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $506.51 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $506.51 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $506.51 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $595.56 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $595.56 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $595.56 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $643.63 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $643.63 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $643.63 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1,247.89 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $1,247.89 | — |
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Pq dr cath chg w cont s&i at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $712.60 | $82.16 – $2,036.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $712.60 | $96.54 – $2,036.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $4,764.53 | $120.51 – $1,247.89 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $120.51 – $1,247.89 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $633.97 | $136.94 – $898.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $745.67 | $153.48 – $1,118.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $531.83 | $106.37 – $664.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $633.97 | $156.80 – $898.12 |