Replace aortic valve w/byp prq aprch 33367 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

$78,401.52

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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.

$78,401.52

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.

$948.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $62,721.22 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.

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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 STARKids $948.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $3,390.00 ↓ -96%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -94%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,841.00 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6,044.50 ↓ -92%
United SmallGroup $6,300.00 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $6,657.52 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $7,540.79 ↓ -90%
BCBS EPOSOA $7,646.26 ↓ -90%
BCBS HMO $7,751.72 ↓ -90%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8,757.00 ↓ -89%
United AllPayerAppendix $9,000.00 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $10,192.20 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $10,192.20 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $10,192.20 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $10,192.20 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $10,740.00 ↓ -86%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00 ↓ -85%
Curative Administrators COMM $12,018.00 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $13,171.46 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $13,835.00 ↓ -82%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $16,207.00 ↓ -79%
Molina Healthcare HIX $21,168.41 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $27,440.53 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $31,360.61 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $35,280.68 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $41,788.01 ↓ -47%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $62,721.22 ↓ -20%

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Replace aortic valve w/byp prq aprch 33367 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $6,044.50 – $6,044.50
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $6,044.50 – $6,044.50
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $4,124.43 $1,113.98 – $6,299.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $4,124.43 $817.36 – $7,038.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $4,124.43 $1,099.85 – $7,038.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $4,124.43 $1,031.11 – $7,038.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $4,124.43 $756.15 – $7,038.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE Rowlett $4,124.43 $756.15 – $7,038.00

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