Slp ther svc non-spch gen 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

$560.68

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.

$560.68

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.

$33.64 with Superior Health Plan vs $448.54 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance — 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 CHIP $33.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $33.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $33.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $33.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $33.64 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $72.89 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $72.89 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $72.89 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $72.89 ↓ -87%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $77.47 ↓ -86%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $77.47 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $94.19 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $105.29 ↓ -81%
Humana PPO $105.29 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $109.33 ↓ -81%
Aetna QHPExchange $148.58 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $151.38 ↓ -73%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $170.35 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBPOS $179.98 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $179.98 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $179.98 ↓ -68%
BCBS BAV $187.82 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMMPOS $191.75 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $191.75 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $191.75 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $196.24 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPPO $224.83 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $224.83 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $224.83 ↓ -60%
BCBS EPOSOA $235.14 ↓ -58%
BCBS HMO $235.14 ↓ -58%
BCBS PPO $235.14 ↓ -58%
Aetna ASAPPO $242.77 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $242.77 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $242.77 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $252.31 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $298.84 ↓ -47%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $448.54 ↓ -20%

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Slp ther svc non-spch gen at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $80.64 – $170.35
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $77.47 – $170.35
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $357.00 $80.64 – $170.35
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $84.42 $36.18 – $255.00
Ascension Providence Waco $89.64 $120.85 – $179.82
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield $469.40 $99.81 – $99.81
Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital Cedar Park $339.26 $71.01 – $302.12
Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis (Ascension Seton) Luling $139.95 $71.01 – $302.12

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