Pul art balloon repr percut 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

$71,286.38

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.

$71,286.38

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.

$2,643.00 with Aetna vs $43,890.00 with Curative Administrators — 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
Aetna QHPExchange $2,643.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPOS $3,511.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBHMO $3,511.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPOS $3,730.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMHMO $3,730.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPPO $3,792.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPPO $4,028.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONHMO $4,390.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPOS $4,390.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPPO $4,740.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPOS $4,742.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAHMO $4,742.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPPO $5,120.00 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $5,591.00 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5,591.00 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5,591.00 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5,591.00 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan STAR $5,591.00 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $9,267.23 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $9,267.23 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $9,267.23 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $9,267.23 ↓ -87%
Humana HMO $10,106.00 ↓ -86%
Humana PPO $10,106.00 ↓ -86%
Oscar HIX $11,153.00 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $11,976.11 ↓ -83%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $18,714.00 ↓ -74%
United SmallGroup $18,900.00 ↓ -73%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $21,231.00 ↓ -70%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $21,897.74 ↓ -69%
BCBS BAV $24,077.61 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $24,950.23 ↓ -65%
United AllPayerAppendix $27,000.00 ↓ -62%
Cigna CSN $28,305.00 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $28,514.55 ↓ -60%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $29,288.00 ↓ -59%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $30,666.00 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $32,078.87 ↓ -55%
BCBS HMO $33,391.58 ↓ -53%
BCBS EPOSOA $35,670.53 ↓ -50%
Cigna PPO $36,462.00 ↓ -49%
BCBS PPO $37,949.48 ↓ -47%
Coventry National First Health COMM $37,995.64 ↓ -47%
Curative Administrators COMM $43,890.00 ↓ -38%

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Pul art balloon repr percut at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $9,070.95 $2,850.87 – $25,917.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $9,070.95 $2,073.36 – $25,917.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $18,627.94 – $18,627.94
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $21,897.74 – $21,897.74
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $9,721.21 $2,754.34 – $27,252.71
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $10,651.06 $2,192.34 – $27,252.71
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $10,790.64 $2,158.13 – $27,252.71
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $9,721.21 $2,592.32 – $27,252.71

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