Six volt bat otto bock/eq ea 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.

$288.88 with Oscar vs $2,267.57 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 $288.88
Devoted Health MGMCR $294.78
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $294.78
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $294.78
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $294.78
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $294.78
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $294.78
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $294.78
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $294.78
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $294.78
BCBS MCRPPO $294.78
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $294.78
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $294.78
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $294.78
WellMed MGMCR $296.25
Van Lang IPA MCR $297.73
United MCR $300.68
WellCare SNP $303.62
WellCare PPO $303.62
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $303.62
WellCare PFFS $303.62
WellCare MCRHMO $303.62
WellCare POS $303.62
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $309.52
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $309.52
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $309.52
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $309.52
Superior Health Plan PFFS $309.52
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $309.52
Shared Health MGMCR $309.52
American Health Plan MGMCR $309.52
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $309.52
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $312.47
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $312.47
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $312.47
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $312.47
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $312.47
Molina MGMCR $321.31
Verda Health Plan MCR $383.21
Superior ValueHMO $427.43
Community Health Choice HIX $427.43
Superior EPO $456.91
Superior HMO $456.91
Molina Healthcare HIX $633.78
Humana HMO $2,267.57
Humana PPO $2,267.57

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Six volt bat otto bock/eq ea at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $288.88 – $633.78
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $288.88 – $633.78
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $288.88 – $633.78
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $288.88 – $633.78
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $288.88 – $633.78
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $288.88 – $633.78
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $288.88 – $633.78
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $288.88 – $633.78

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