Prost sock sgl ply blw knee ea 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

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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.

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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.

$9.60 with Oscar vs $75.29 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
Oscar MGMCR $9.60
Devoted Health MGMCR $9.80
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.80
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $9.80
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $9.80
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $9.80
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $9.80
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $9.80
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $9.80
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $9.80
BCBS MCRPPO $9.80
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.80
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $9.80
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $9.80
WellMed MGMCR $9.85
Van Lang IPA MCR $9.90
United MCR $10.00
WellCare SNP $10.09
WellCare PPO $10.09
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $10.09
WellCare PFFS $10.09
WellCare MCRHMO $10.09
WellCare POS $10.09
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $10.29
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $10.29
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $10.29
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $10.29
Superior Health Plan PFFS $10.29
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $10.29
Shared Health MGMCR $10.29
American Health Plan MGMCR $10.29
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $10.29
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $10.39
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $10.39
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $10.39
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $10.39
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $10.39
Molina MGMCR $10.68
Verda Health Plan MCR $12.74
Superior ValueHMO $14.21
Community Health Choice HIX $14.21
Superior EPO $15.19
Superior HMO $15.19
Molina Healthcare HIX $21.07
Humana HMO $75.29
Humana PPO $75.29

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Prost sock sgl ply blw knee ea at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $9.60 – $21.07
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $9.60 – $21.07
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $9.60 – $21.07
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $9.60 – $21.07
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $9.60 – $21.07
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $9.60 – $21.07
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $9.60 – $21.07
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $9.60 – $21.07

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