Puraply 1 sq cm 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.
$100.17 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $2,736.00 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance — 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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| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $100.17 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $100.17 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $166.66 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $184.13 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $205.20 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $205.20 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $205.20 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $205.20 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $205.20 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $209.78 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $209.78 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $209.78 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $229.82 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $243.26 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $256.70 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $261.17 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $282.75 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $336.71 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $444.60 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $444.60 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $444.60 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $444.60 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $574.56 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $923.40 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $1,091.32 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1,091.32 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,197.00 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,539.00 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,822.86 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $2,736.00 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Puraply 1 sq cm at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $4,125.00 | $100.17 – $261.17 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $166.66 – $261.17 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,431.49 | $49.50 – $268.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,431.49 | $35.96 – $262.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,431.49 | $34.94 – $218.40 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,431.49 | $46.59 – $268.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,431.49 | $56.09 – $262.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,431.49 | $90.27 – $262.08 |