Right ventric recording 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

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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.

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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.

$1,622.06 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $43,890.00 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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,622.06
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,622.06
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,622.06
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,622.06
Cigna CSN $1,846.66
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,996.38
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2,024.50
BCBS BAV $2,044.25
BCBS HMO $2,044.25
United OptionsPPO $2,096.20
BCBS EPOSOA $2,370.14
Cigna PPO $2,370.71
BCBS PPO $2,696.04
Aetna QHPExchange $3,306.51
Aetna NBPOS $4,005.25
Aetna NBPPO $4,005.25
Aetna NBHMO $4,005.25
Aetna COMMPPO $4,267.27
Aetna COMMPOS $4,267.27
Aetna COMMHMO $4,267.27
BCBS Traditional $4,367.09
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4,990.96
Aetna OONPPO $5,003.44
Aetna OONHMO $5,003.44
Aetna OONPOS $5,003.44
Aetna ASAHMO $5,402.71
Aetna ASAPOS $5,402.71
Aetna ASAPPO $5,402.71
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5,591.00
Superior Health Plan STAR $5,591.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5,591.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5,591.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $5,591.00
United GlobalAppendix $5,614.83
Coventry National First Health COMM $6,650.45
Humana HMO $10,106.00
Humana PPO $10,106.00
United SmallGroup $15,400.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $17,742.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $21,231.00
United AllPayerAppendix $22,000.00
Evry Health BroadNetwork $29,288.00
Oscar HIX $37,284.00
Curative Administrators COMM $43,890.00

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Right ventric recording at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,143.80 $882.36 – $3,268.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,143.80 $882.36 – $3,268.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $7,007.41 $1,718.35 – $1,718.35
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1,718.35 – $1,718.35
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,468.47 $416.07 – $2,948.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $4,406.40 $906.98 – $6,609.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $4,284.00 $856.80 – $5,355.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,468.47 $391.59 – $2,948.27

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