Reposition pm/icd lead 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

$28,624.78

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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$28,624.78

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.

$1,199.90 with United vs $24,035.00 with Curative Administrators — 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
United MGMCD $1,199.90 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STAR $1,230.04 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $1,230.04 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $1,230.04 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $1,230.04 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,252.41 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,252.41 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,252.41 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,252.41 ↓ -96%
Humana MCD $1,397.78 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $1,411.64 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,717.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,717.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $1,717.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1,717.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,717.49 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,944.00 ↓ -93%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,434.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPOS $2,580.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBHMO $2,580.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,742.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,742.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPPO $2,986.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPPO $3,174.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONPOS $3,228.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONHMO $3,228.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPOS $3,486.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAHMO $3,486.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONPPO $3,732.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAPPO $4,034.00 ↓ -86%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4,665.84 ↓ -84%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -84%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -84%
United SmallGroup $4,760.00 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $4,808.96 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $5,152.46 ↓ -82%
BCBS HMO $5,736.55 ↓ -80%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5,951.00 ↓ -79%
BCBS EPOSOA $6,583.70 ↓ -77%
United AllPayerAppendix $6,800.00 ↓ -76%
BCBS PPO $7,565.59 ↓ -74%
BCBS Traditional $10,018.67 ↓ -65%
Cigna CSN $10,740.00 ↓ -62%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $11,449.91 ↓ -60%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00 ↓ -59%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $12,193.00 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $12,881.15 ↓ -55%
Cigna PPO $13,835.00 ↓ -52%
Coventry National First Health COMM $15,257.01 ↓ -47%
Oscar HIX $17,551.00 ↓ -39%
Curative Administrators COMM $24,035.00 ↓ -16%

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Reposition pm/icd lead at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,984.85 $1,531.17 – $5,671.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $18,043.00 $1,095.86 – $4,822.03
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,984.85 $1,531.17 – $5,671.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1,118.22 – $4,822.03
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $5,706.71 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $5,706.28 $1,174.54 – $8,559.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $4,621.12 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $5,706.71 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23

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