Sewho airplane without jnts cf 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

not published by hospital

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

not published by hospital

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$2,185.90 with Oscar vs $17,157.20 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Oscar MGMCR $2,185.90
Devoted Health MGMCR $2,230.51
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $2,230.51
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $2,230.51
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $2,230.51
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $2,230.51
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $2,230.51
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $2,230.51
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $2,230.51
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $2,230.51
BCBS MCRPPO $2,230.51
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $2,230.51
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,230.51
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $2,230.51
WellMed MGMCR $2,241.66
Van Lang IPA MCR $2,252.82
United MCR $2,275.12
WellCare SNP $2,297.43
WellCare PPO $2,297.43
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $2,297.43
WellCare PFFS $2,297.43
WellCare MCRHMO $2,297.43
WellCare POS $2,297.43
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $2,342.04
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $2,342.04
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $2,342.04
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $2,342.04
Superior Health Plan PFFS $2,342.04
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $2,342.04
Shared Health MGMCR $2,342.04
American Health Plan MGMCR $2,342.04
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $2,342.04
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $2,364.34
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $2,364.34
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $2,364.34
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $2,364.34
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $2,364.34
Molina MGMCR $2,431.26
Verda Health Plan MCR $2,899.66
Superior ValueHMO $3,234.24
Community Health Choice HIX $3,234.24
Superior EPO $3,457.29
Superior HMO $3,457.29
Molina Healthcare HIX $4,795.60
Humana HMO $17,157.20
Humana PPO $17,157.20

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Sewho airplane without jnts cf at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $2,185.90 – $4,795.60
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $2,185.90 – $4,795.60
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $887.88 $532.73 – $1,902.60
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $1,373.10 $470.78 – $2,550.05
Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis (Ascension Seton) Luling $832.59 $1,730.24 – $1,730.24
Ascension Seton Highland Lakes (Ascension Seton) Burnet $832.59 $1,730.24 – $1,730.24
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) Austin $832.59 $1,730.24 – $1,730.24
Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) Austin $832.59 $1,730.24 – $1,730.24

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →