Special radiation treatment at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
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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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
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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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$47.49 with BCBS vs $357.42 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $47.49 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $52.42 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $77.85 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $77.85 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $77.85 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $151.94 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $201.94 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $201.94 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $201.94 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $214.81 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $214.81 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $214.81 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $252.58 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $252.58 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $252.58 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $272.97 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $272.97 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $272.97 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $357.42 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $357.42 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Special radiation treatment at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $3,141.95 | $31.14 – $8,977.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $3,141.95 | $37.89 – $8,977.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $47.49 – $357.42 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,787.51 | $40.48 – $2,234.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,978.89 | $101.20 – $2,968.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,125.57 | $101.20 – $2,656.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,787.51 | $24.91 – $2,234.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,978.89 | $123.26 – $2,968.34 |