Repair blood vessel dir lower extr 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

$4,240.02

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.

$4,240.02

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.

$551.20 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $13,835.00 with Cigna — 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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $551.20 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $551.20 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $551.20 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $551.20 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $712.32 ↓ -83%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -78%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -78%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -78%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -78%
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↓ -78%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,250.52 ↓ -71%
BCBS BAV $1,262.72 ↓ -70%
BCBS HMO $1,262.72 ↓ -70%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,464.02 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $1,484.01 ↓ -65%
United SmallGroup $1,534.00 ↓ -64%
BCBS PPO $1,665.33 ↓ -61%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,696.01 ↓ -60%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,732.00 ↓ -59%
United GlobalAppendix $1,908.01 ↓ -55%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,012.00 ↓ -53%
Oscar HIX $2,128.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna QHPExchange $2,156.00 ↓ -49%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,191.00 ↓ -48%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,251.00 ↓ -47%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,259.93 ↓ -47%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,315.00 ↓ -45%
Aetna NBPOS $2,864.00 ↓ -32%
Aetna NBHMO $2,864.00 ↓ -32%
Aetna COMMPOS $3,044.00 ↓ -28%
Aetna COMMHMO $3,044.00 ↓ -28%
Aetna NBPPO $3,108.00 ↓ -27%
Aetna COMMPPO $3,303.00 ↓ -22%
Aetna OONPOS $3,582.00 ↓ -16%
Aetna OONHMO $3,582.00 ↓ -16%
Aetna ASAPOS $3,870.00 ↓ -9%
Aetna ASAHMO $3,870.00 ↓ -9%
Aetna OONPPO $3,886.00 ↓ -8%
Aetna ASAPPO $4,197.00 ↓ -1%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↑ +11%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↑ +11%
Cigna CSN $10,740.00 ↑ +153%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00 ↑ +174%
Cigna PPO $13,835.00 ↑ +226%

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Repair blood vessel dir lower extr at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $4,079.95 $1,282.27 – $11,657.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $4,079.95 $932.56 – $11,657.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $714.92 – $1,061.42
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1,061.42 – $1,061.42
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,834.36 $519.73 – $2,292.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,731.55 $71.00 – $2,597.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,574.14 $71.00 – $1,967.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,834.36 $489.16 – $2,292.95

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