R&l hrt cath chd abnl nt cnj 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

$30,348.69

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.

$30,348.69

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.

$1,820.92 with Superior Health Plan vs $16,175.85 with Coventry National First Health — 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
Superior Health Plan STAR $1,820.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1,820.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,820.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,820.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,820.92 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $2,643.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPOS $3,511.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBHMO $3,511.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMHMO $3,730.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMPOS $3,730.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPPO $3,792.00 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3,945.33 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3,945.33 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3,945.33 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3,945.33 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPPO $4,028.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPOS $4,390.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONHMO $4,390.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONPPO $4,740.00 ↓ -84%
Aetna ASAPOS $4,742.00 ↓ -84%
Aetna ASAHMO $4,742.00 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $5,098.58 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPPO $5,120.00 ↓ -83%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6,544.96 ↓ -78%
United SmallGroup $6,650.00 ↓ -78%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $6,765.00 ↓ -78%
BCBS BAV $7,196.49 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $7,738.92 ↓ -74%
Curative Administrators COMM $7,799.00 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $8,285.19 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $8,619.00 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $8,619.00 ↓ -72%
United AllPayerAppendix $9,500.00 ↓ -69%
BCBS HMO $9,980.32 ↓ -67%
Cigna CSN $10,120.00 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $10,622.04 ↓ -65%
BCBS EPOSOA $10,661.47 ↓ -65%
Oscar HIX $10,843.00 ↓ -64%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $10,964.00 ↓ -64%
BCBS PPO $11,342.62 ↓ -63%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $12,139.48 ↓ -60%
Cigna PPO $13,036.00 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $13,656.91 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $16,175.85 ↓ -47%

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R&l hrt cath chd abnl nt cnj at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $4,648.35 $100.00 – $13,281.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $4,648.35 $100.00 – $13,281.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $5,567.66 – $5,567.66
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $6,544.96 – $6,544.96
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $8,169.46 $2,314.68 – $10,211.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $10,102.36 $2,079.40 – $17,181.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $10,607.48 $2,121.50 – $17,181.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $8,169.46 $2,178.52 – $17,181.00

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