Ther nma rdctj intus/obstrcj 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

$3,259.57

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.

$3,259.57

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.

$180.34 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,869.26 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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $180.34 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $180.34 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $180.34 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $180.34 ↓ -94%
United MGMCD $183.95 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $192.57 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $192.57 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STAR $192.57 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $192.57 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $194.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $195.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $195.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $195.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $195.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $195.57 ↓ -94%
Humana MCD $218.82 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $232.78 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $294.94 ↓ -91%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $339.25 ↓ -90%
United SmallGroup $401.74 ↓ -88%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -88%
BCBS HMO $449.68 ↓ -86%
BCBS EPOSOA $481.43 ↓ -85%
BCBS PPO $511.85 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $547.61 ↓ -83%
Cigna CSN $575.04 ↓ -82%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $622.32 ↓ -81%
Cigna PPO $739.77 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $831.19 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $889.86 ↓ -73%
Aetna QHPExchange $965.71 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $1,140.85 ↓ -65%
Aetna NBHMO $1,283.52 ↓ -61%
Aetna NBPOS $1,283.52 ↓ -61%
Aetna NBPPO $1,283.52 ↓ -61%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,303.83 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,303.83 ↓ -60%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,365.36 ↓ -58%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,365.36 ↓ -58%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,365.36 ↓ -58%
United GlobalAppendix $1,466.81 ↓ -55%
Aetna OONPPO $1,605.43 ↓ -51%
Aetna OONHMO $1,605.43 ↓ -51%
Aetna OONPOS $1,605.43 ↓ -51%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,735.01 ↓ -47%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,735.01 ↓ -47%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,735.01 ↓ -47%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,737.35 ↓ -47%
Humana HMO $1,869.26 ↓ -43%
Humana PPO $1,869.26 ↓ -43%

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Ther nma rdctj intus/obstrcj at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $171.56 – $965.71
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $175.06 – $965.71
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $232.32 $139.39 – $455.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $635.54 $130.81 – $953.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $538.88 $167.39 – $673.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $232.32 $167.39 – $455.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $635.54 $167.39 – $953.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $635.54 $175.06 – $953.31

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