Removal foreign body extrn auditory canal with anes 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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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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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.

$521.99 with United vs $5,571.00 with Oscar — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
United MGMCD $521.99
Molina Healthcare STAR $535.10
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $535.10
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $535.10
Molina Healthcare CHIP $535.10
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $544.82
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $544.82
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $544.82
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $544.82
Humana MCD $608.06
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $614.10
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Aetna QHPExchange $1,430.00
Aetna NBHMO $1,899.00
Aetna NBPOS $1,899.00
Aetna COMMPOS $2,017.00
Aetna COMMHMO $2,017.00
United SmallGroup $2,030.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,130.00
Aetna NBPPO $2,181.00
Aetna COMMPPO $2,317.00
Aetna OONHMO $2,374.00
Aetna OONPOS $2,374.00
Cigna CSN $2,428.00
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,431.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,434.00
Aetna ASAPOS $2,564.00
Aetna ASAHMO $2,564.00
Curative Administrators COMM $2,613.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,631.00
Aetna OONPPO $2,727.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2,813.83
BCBS HMO $2,841.28
BCBS BAV $2,841.28
United AllPayerAppendix $2,900.00
Aetna ASAPPO $2,947.00
Cigna PPO $3,128.00
BCBS EPOSOA $3,294.24
BCBS PPO $3,747.20
Humana PPO $4,690.00
Humana HMO $4,690.00
Oscar HIX $5,571.00

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Removal foreign body extrn auditory canal with anes at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston not published $958.00 – $958.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $476.72 – $2,388.32
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston not published $958.00 – $958.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $486.45 – $2,388.32
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,290.22 $486.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,501.38 $71.00 – $5,252.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,836.96 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,290.22 $486.45 – $4,016.35

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