Splint finger frog med 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.

$38.55 with Oscar vs $302.72 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 $38.55
Devoted Health MGMCR $39.34
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $39.34
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $39.34
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $39.34
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $39.34
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $39.34
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $39.34
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $39.34
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $39.34
BCBS MCRPPO $39.34
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $39.34
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $39.34
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $39.34
WellMed MGMCR $39.54
Van Lang IPA MCR $39.73
United MCR $40.13
WellCare SNP $40.52
WellCare PPO $40.52
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $40.52
WellCare PFFS $40.52
WellCare MCRHMO $40.52
WellCare POS $40.52
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $41.31
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $41.31
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $41.31
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $41.31
Superior Health Plan PFFS $41.31
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $41.31
Shared Health MGMCR $41.31
American Health Plan MGMCR $41.31
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $41.31
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $41.70
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $41.70
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $41.70
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $41.70
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $41.70
Molina MGMCR $42.88
Verda Health Plan MCR $51.14
Superior ValueHMO $57.04
Community Health Choice HIX $57.04
Superior EPO $60.98
Superior HMO $60.98
Molina Healthcare HIX $84.58
Humana HMO $302.72
Humana PPO $302.72

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Splint finger frog med at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $37.23 $22.34 – $106.37
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $37.23 $22.34 – $106.37
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $38.55 – $84.58
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $38.55 – $84.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $51.30 $17.10 – $76.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $51.30 $12.82 – $76.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $51.30 $9.40 – $76.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - TAYLOR Taylor $51.30 $16.25 – $68.40

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