Pt evaluation moderate complexity patient/family 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.
not published by hospital
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.
$55.08 with Superior Health Plan vs $806.37 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 | CHIP | $55.08 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $55.08 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $55.08 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $55.08 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $55.08 | — |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $84.58 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $86.31 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $86.31 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $86.31 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $86.31 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $86.31 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $86.31 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $86.31 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $86.31 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $86.31 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $86.31 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $86.31 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $86.74 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $87.17 | — |
| United | MCR | $88.04 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $88.90 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $88.90 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $88.90 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $88.90 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $88.90 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $88.90 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $90.63 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $90.63 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $90.63 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $90.63 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $90.63 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $90.63 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $90.63 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $90.63 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $90.63 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $91.49 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $91.49 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $91.49 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $91.49 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $91.49 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $94.08 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $99.38 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $99.38 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $112.20 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $119.33 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $119.33 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $119.33 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $119.33 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $125.15 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $125.15 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $133.78 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $133.78 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $154.21 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $179.00 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $185.57 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $202.39 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $223.14 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $279.36 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $279.36 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $279.36 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $298.07 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $321.28 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $395.95 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $395.95 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $395.95 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $413.07 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $419.95 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $419.95 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $419.95 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $489.26 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $495.10 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $495.10 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $495.10 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $534.25 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $534.25 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $534.25 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $806.37 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $806.37 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Pt evaluation moderate complexity patient/family at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $84.58 – $185.57 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $84.58 – $185.57 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $554.20 | $332.99 – $332.99 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $285.10 | $80.78 – $403.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $332.36 | $68.41 – $498.55 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $352.31 | $70.46 – $440.38 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $285.10 | $76.03 – $403.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $332.36 | $106.69 – $498.55 |