Vest large holster 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.

$623.12 with Oscar vs $7,623.83 with Aetna — 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 $623.12
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $635.84
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $635.84
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $635.84
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $635.84
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $635.84
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $635.84
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $635.84
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $635.84
BCBS MCRPPO $635.84
Devoted Health MGMCR $635.84
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $635.84
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $635.84
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $635.84
WellMed MGMCR $639.02
Van Lang IPA MCR $642.20
United MCR $648.56
WellCare SNP $654.92
WellCare PPO $654.92
WellCare POS $654.92
WellCare MCRHMO $654.92
WellCare PFFS $654.92
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $654.92
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $667.63
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $667.63
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $667.63
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $667.63
Superior Health Plan PFFS $667.63
American Health Plan MGMCR $667.63
Shared Health MGMCR $667.63
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $667.63
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $667.63
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $673.99
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $673.99
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $673.99
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $673.99
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $673.99
Molina MGMCR $693.07
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $826.14
Superior Health Plan CHIP $826.14
Superior Health Plan STAR $826.14
Superior Health Plan STARKids $826.14
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $826.14
Verda Health Plan MCR $826.59
Superior ValueHMO $921.97
Community Health Choice HIX $921.97
Superior HMO $985.55
Superior EPO $985.55
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,367.06
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,789.97
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,789.97
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,789.97
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,789.97
Cigna CSN $2,037.81
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,203.04
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2,244.35
United OptionsPPO $2,313.19
BCBS BAV $2,478.42
Cigna PPO $2,616.11
BCBS HMO $3,098.03
BCBS EPOSOA $3,166.87
BCBS PPO $3,221.95
Oscar HIX $3,433.36
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $4,489.78
Aetna QHPExchange $4,665.85
Evry Health BroadNetwork $4,806.71
BCBS Traditional $4,819.15
Humana PPO $4,890.84
Humana HMO $4,890.84
Aetna NBHMO $5,651.85
Aetna NBPOS $5,651.85
Aetna NBPPO $5,651.85
Aetna COMMHMO $6,021.59
Aetna COMMPOS $6,021.59
Aetna COMMPPO $6,021.59
United GlobalAppendix $6,196.05
Curative Administrators COMM $7,042.80
Aetna OONHMO $7,060.41
Aetna OONPOS $7,060.41
Aetna OONPPO $7,060.41
Coventry National First Health COMM $7,338.88
Aetna ASAPOS $7,623.83
Aetna ASAPPO $7,623.83
Aetna ASAHMO $7,623.83

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Vest large holster at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $623.12 – $1,367.06
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $623.12 – $1,367.06
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,154.90 $180.97 – $851.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,455.30 $131.47 – $958.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,455.30 $127.74 – $851.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,154.90 $170.32 – $851.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,455.30 $205.03 – $958.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,455.30 $330.00 – $958.08

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