Repos sq defib eltrd at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
$6,498.73
Cash price 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.
$6,498.73
Gross charge 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.
$389.92 with Superior Health Plan vs $15,059.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $389.92 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $389.92 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $389.92 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $389.92 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $389.92 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,059.29 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,091.79 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | BAV | $1,169.77 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,462.21 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,494.71 | ↓ -77% |
| United | MGMCD | $1,529.55 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $1,567.98 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $1,567.98 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $1,567.98 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $1,567.98 | ↓ -76% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $1,596.49 | ↓ -75% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $1,596.49 | ↓ -75% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $1,596.49 | ↓ -75% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $1,596.49 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | MCD | $1,781.80 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $1,799.47 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,944.00 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,274.56 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $2,580.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $2,580.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $2,599.49 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $2,742.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $2,742.00 | ↓ -58% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $2,924.43 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $2,986.00 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $3,174.00 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $3,228.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $3,228.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $3,463.82 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $3,486.00 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $3,486.00 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $3,732.00 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $4,034.00 | ↓ -38% |
| Humana | HMO | $4,690.00 | ↓ -28% |
| Humana | PPO | $4,690.00 | ↓ -28% |
| United | SmallGroup | $4,760.00 | ↓ -27% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $4,988.00 | ↓ -23% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $5,849.00 | ↓ -10% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $5,951.00 | ↓ -8% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $6,077.00 | ↓ -6% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $6,800.00 | ↑ +5% |
| Oscar | HIX | $7,014.00 | ↑ +8% |
| BCBS | PPO | $8,146.35 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | CSN | $11,690.00 | ↑ +80% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $12,665.00 | ↑ +95% |
| Cigna | PPO | $15,059.00 | ↑ +132% |
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Repos sq defib eltrd at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $1,642.90 | $1,267.38 – $4,694.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $1,642.90 | $1,267.38 – $4,694.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $1,396.93 – $5,192.18 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $1,425.44 – $5,192.18 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,700.30 | $1,425.44 – $9,728.21 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,024.00 | $622.44 – $9,728.21 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,700.30 | $1,425.44 – $9,728.21 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,024.00 | $1,525.22 – $9,728.21 |