Rmvl icd pulse gen only 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

$12,779.21

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.

$12,779.21

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.

$766.75 with Superior Health Plan 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $766.75 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $766.75 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $766.75 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $766.75 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $766.75 ↓ -94%
United MGMCD $1,529.55 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $1,567.98 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare STAR $1,567.98 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $1,567.98 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $1,567.98 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,596.49 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,596.49 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,596.49 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,596.49 ↓ -88%
Humana MCD $1,781.80 ↓ -86%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $1,799.47 ↓ -86%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2,083.01 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $2,146.91 ↓ -83%
Aetna QHPExchange $2,156.00 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $2,300.26 ↓ -82%
Aetna NBPOS $2,864.00 ↓ -78%
Aetna NBHMO $2,864.00 ↓ -78%
BCBS HMO $2,875.32 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $2,939.22 ↓ -77%
Aetna COMMHMO $3,044.00 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMMPOS $3,044.00 ↓ -76%
Aetna NBPPO $3,108.00 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMMPPO $3,303.00 ↓ -74%
Aetna OONHMO $3,582.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna OONPOS $3,582.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASAHMO $3,870.00 ↓ -70%
Aetna ASAPOS $3,870.00 ↓ -70%
Aetna OONPPO $3,886.00 ↓ -70%
Aetna ASAPPO $4,197.00 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $4,472.72 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -63%
United SmallGroup $4,760.00 ↓ -63%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $4,988.00 ↓ -61%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5,111.68 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $5,750.64 ↓ -55%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5,951.00 ↓ -53%
United AllPayerAppendix $6,800.00 ↓ -47%
Coventry National First Health COMM $6,811.32 ↓ -47%
BCBS PPO $8,146.35 ↓ -36%
Cigna CSN $10,740.00 ↓ -16%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00 ↓ -9%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $12,193.00 ↓ -5%
Cigna PPO $13,835.00 ↑ +8%
Oscar HIX $17,551.00 ↑ +37%
Curative Administrators COMM $24,035.00 ↑ +88%

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Rmvl icd pulse gen only at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,713.60 $1,321.92 – $4,896.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $12,587.00 $1,396.93 – $5,192.18
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,713.60 $1,321.92 – $4,896.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1,425.44 – $5,192.18
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $5,987.37 $1,425.44 – $9,728.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $5,255.75 $1,081.81 – $9,728.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $4,563.57 $1,425.44 – $9,728.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $5,987.37 $1,425.44 – $9,728.21

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