CMS Price Transparency Data

Trauma team activation

Facility: HCA Houston Healthcare West

Billing Code: G0390 (HCPCS)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$2,400

about 1.8× the $1,362 Medicare rate · typically $1,284–$4,032

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$2,192

About the fair price

about $208 under the fair price · 1.6× Medicare

Medicare pays $1,362 Fair price $2,400 This hospital $2,192 Cash price $12,525 Hospital's list price $12,525

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How this hospital compares to other TX hospitals

Highest price of the 9 TX hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $561 Priciest $2,192

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 TX hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a Trauma team activation is about $2,400 (about 1.8× the $1,362 Medicare rate). HCA Houston Healthcare West charges insurers about $2,192, or about $12,525 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Houston, TX.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$2,104 - $5,636	155%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$2,085 - $4,384	153%
Aetnamajor	$3,319 - $5,423	244%
Cignamajor	$1,854 - $10,020	136%
Humanamajor	$3,997	294%
Amerigroup	$1,754	129%
Fidelis Care	$5,636	414%
Healthcare Highways	$3,194	235%
Oscar Health	$2,442	179%
+ 15 smaller / regional plans	$300 - $10,646

Excludes 6 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 12,525), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the HCPCS code on your bill matches exactly: G0390.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm HCA Houston Healthcare West is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for HCPCS code G0390.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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