Shoulder abduction joint pai 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.

$432.74 with Oscar vs $3,396.63 with Humana — 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
Oscar MGMCR $432.74
Devoted Health MGMCR $441.57
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $441.57
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $441.57
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $441.57
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $441.57
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $441.57
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $441.57
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $441.57
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $441.57
BCBS MCRPPO $441.57
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $441.57
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $441.57
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $441.57
WellMed MGMCR $443.78
Van Lang IPA MCR $445.99
United MCR $450.40
WellCare SNP $454.82
WellCare PPO $454.82
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $454.82
WellCare PFFS $454.82
WellCare MCRHMO $454.82
WellCare POS $454.82
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $463.65
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $463.65
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $463.65
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $463.65
Superior Health Plan PFFS $463.65
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $463.65
Shared Health MGMCR $463.65
American Health Plan MGMCR $463.65
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $463.65
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $468.06
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $468.06
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $468.06
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $468.06
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $468.06
Molina MGMCR $481.31
Verda Health Plan MCR $574.04
Superior ValueHMO $640.28
Community Health Choice HIX $640.28
Superior EPO $684.43
Superior HMO $684.43
Molina Healthcare HIX $949.38
Humana HMO $3,396.63
Humana PPO $3,396.63

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Shoulder abduction joint pai at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $432.74 – $949.38
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $432.74 – $949.38
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $432.74 – $949.38
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $432.74 – $949.38
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $432.74 – $949.38
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $432.74 – $949.38
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $432.74 – $949.38
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $432.74 – $949.38

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