Rmvl pm gen w/rplc pm gen mlt lead sys 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

$156,121.38

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.

$156,121.38

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.

$1,944.00 with Aetna vs $83,212.70 with Coventry National First Health — 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
Aetna QHPExchange $1,944.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2,369.00 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STAR $2,369.00 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2,369.00 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2,369.00 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2,369.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPOS $2,580.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBHMO $2,580.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,742.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,742.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPPO $2,986.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPPO $3,174.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna OONHMO $3,228.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna OONPOS $3,228.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna ASAPOS $3,486.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna ASAHMO $3,486.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna OONPPO $3,732.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna ASAPPO $4,034.00 ↓ -97%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -97%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $10,545.96 ↓ -93%
Cigna CSN $10,740.00 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $10,810.93 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare STAR $10,810.93 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $10,810.93 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $10,810.93 ↓ -93%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $10,949.00 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $11,007.49 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $11,007.49 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $11,007.49 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $11,007.49 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00 ↓ -93%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $12,193.00 ↓ -92%
Humana MCD $12,285.15 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $12,407.02 ↓ -92%
Cigna PPO $13,835.00 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $17,551.00 ↓ -89%
Curative Administrators COMM $24,035.00 ↓ -85%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $25,447.78 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $26,228.39 ↓ -83%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $27,575.00 ↓ -82%
United SmallGroup $28,000.00 ↓ -82%
BCBS BAV $28,101.85 ↓ -82%
BCBS HMO $35,127.31 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $35,907.92 ↓ -77%
United AllPayerAppendix $40,000.00 ↓ -74%
BCBS PPO $49,995.09 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $54,642.48 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $62,448.55 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $70,254.62 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $83,212.70 ↓ -47%

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Rmvl pm gen w/rplc pm gen mlt lead sys at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $9,900.80 $7,637.76 – $28,288.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $46,854.00 $9,631.56 – $31,865.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $9,900.80 $7,637.76 – $28,288.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $58,548.74 $9,828.12 – $31,865.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $19,823.71 $6,299.00 – $48,269.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $21,967.52 $4,521.65 – $48,269.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $21,154.47 $9,828.12 – $48,269.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $19,823.71 $9,828.12 – $48,269.91

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