Removal/replacement ppm generator dual lead system 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

$83,563.92

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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$83,563.92

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.

$1,944.00 with Aetna vs $44,539.57 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
Aetna QHPExchange $1,944.00 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2,369.00 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2,369.00 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STAR $2,369.00 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2,369.00 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2,369.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBPOS $2,580.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBHMO $2,580.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,742.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,742.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBPPO $2,986.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPPO $3,174.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONHMO $3,228.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONPOS $3,228.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna ASAPOS $3,486.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna ASAHMO $3,486.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONPPO $3,732.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna ASAPPO $4,034.00 ↓ -95%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -94%
United MGMCD $6,749.05 ↓ -92%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $6,918.63 ↓ -92%
Molina Healthcare STAR $6,918.63 ↓ -92%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $6,918.63 ↓ -92%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $6,918.63 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $7,044.42 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $7,044.42 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $7,044.42 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $7,044.42 ↓ -92%
Humana MCD $7,862.07 ↓ -91%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $7,940.06 ↓ -90%
Cigna CSN $10,740.00 ↓ -87%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $10,949.00 ↓ -87%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00 ↓ -86%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $12,193.00 ↓ -85%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $13,620.92 ↓ -84%
Cigna PPO $13,835.00 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $14,038.74 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $15,041.51 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $17,551.00 ↓ -79%
BCBS HMO $18,801.88 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $19,219.70 ↓ -77%
Curative Administrators COMM $24,035.00 ↓ -71%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $27,575.00 ↓ -67%
BCBS PPO $27,987.80 ↓ -67%
United SmallGroup $28,000.00 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $29,247.37 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $33,425.57 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $37,603.76 ↓ -55%
United AllPayerAppendix $40,000.00 ↓ -52%
Coventry National First Health COMM $44,539.57 ↓ -47%

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Removal/replacement ppm generator dual lead system at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $7,735.00 $5,967.00 – $22,100.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $37,063.00 $6,163.87 – $17,838.38
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $7,735.00 $5,967.00 – $22,100.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $61,058.07 $6,289.66 – $17,838.38
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $18,707.76 $6,289.66 – $26,452.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $22,305.73 $4,591.26 – $33,458.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $12,059.87 $6,289.66 – $26,452.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $18,707.76 $6,289.66 – $26,452.82

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