11-desoxycortisol - sendout 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

$420.70

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.

$420.70

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.

$24.60 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $391.03 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 $24.60 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $24.60 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $24.60 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $24.60 ↓ -94%
United MGMCD $25.09 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $25.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $25.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $25.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $25.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $25.24 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $26.57 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $27.06 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STAR $27.06 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $27.06 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $27.06 ↓ -94%
Oscar MGMCR $28.69 ↓ -93%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $29.28 ↓ -93%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $29.28 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health MGMCR $29.28 ↓ -93%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $29.28 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRPPO $29.28 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $29.28 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $29.28 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $29.28 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $29.28 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $29.28 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $29.28 ↓ -93%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $29.28 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $29.28 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $29.28 ↓ -93%
WellMed MGMCR $29.43 ↓ -93%
Van Lang IPA MCR $29.57 ↓ -93%
United MCR $29.87 ↓ -93%
WellCare PPO $30.16 ↓ -93%
WellCare SNP $30.16 ↓ -93%
WellCare POS $30.16 ↓ -93%
WellCare MCRHMO $30.16 ↓ -93%
WellCare PFFS $30.16 ↓ -93%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $30.16 ↓ -93%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $30.74 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $30.74 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $30.74 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $30.74 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $30.74 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $30.74 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $30.74 ↓ -93%
Shared Health MGMCR $30.74 ↓ -93%
American Health Plan MGMCR $30.74 ↓ -93%
Humana MCD $30.75 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $31.04 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $31.04 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $31.04 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $31.04 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $31.04 ↓ -93%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $31.69 ↓ -92%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $31.69 ↓ -92%
Molina MGMCR $31.92 ↓ -92%
Verda Health Plan MCR $38.06 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice HIX $42.46 ↓ -90%
Superior ValueHMO $42.46 ↓ -90%
Superior EPO $45.38 ↓ -89%
Superior HMO $45.38 ↓ -89%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $59.15 ↓ -86%
Molina Healthcare HIX $62.95 ↓ -85%
BCBS BAV $65.29 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $70.68 ↓ -83%
BCBS HMO $81.69 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $84.62 ↓ -80%
BCBS EPOSOA $87.55 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $87.82 ↓ -79%
BCBS PPO $93.40 ↓ -78%
Aetna QHPExchange $107.25 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $114.85 ↓ -73%
Cigna CSN $119.90 ↓ -71%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $129.87 ↓ -69%
Aetna NBPOS $142.62 ↓ -66%
Aetna NBHMO $142.62 ↓ -66%
Aetna NBPPO $142.62 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $147.25 ↓ -65%
Aetna COMMHMO $151.52 ↓ -64%
Aetna COMMPOS $151.52 ↓ -64%
Aetna COMMPPO $151.52 ↓ -64%
Cigna PPO $154.51 ↓ -63%
Aetna OONPOS $178.00 ↓ -58%
Aetna OONHMO $178.00 ↓ -58%
Aetna OONPPO $178.00 ↓ -58%
United GlobalAppendix $189.31 ↓ -55%
Aetna ASAPPO $192.46 ↓ -54%
Aetna ASAPOS $192.46 ↓ -54%
Aetna ASAHMO $192.46 ↓ -54%
Coventry National First Health COMM $224.23 ↓ -47%
Humana HMO $391.03 ↓ -7%
Humana PPO $391.03 ↓ -7%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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11-desoxycortisol - sendout at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $362.19 $24.60 – $119.90
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $24.11 – $119.90
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $167.01 $10.00 – $208.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $159.00 $12.00 – $238.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $159.00 $12.00 – $198.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $167.01 $10.00 – $208.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $159.00 $12.00 – $238.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $159.00 $8.00 – $238.50

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