3d ech img cgen car anomal at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
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Cash price 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 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.
$26.10 with Molina Healthcare vs $3,846.64 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $26.10 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $26.10 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $26.10 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $26.10 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $29.66 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $46.31 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $58.67 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $59.81 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $59.81 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $59.81 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $59.81 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $61.01 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $64.59 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $89.45 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $95.77 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $101.82 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $288.50 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $288.50 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $288.50 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $288.50 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $288.50 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $711.63 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $769.33 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $807.79 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $913.58 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $937.62 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,226.12 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,274.20 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $1,298.24 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $1,312.67 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $1,534.33 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1,534.33 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,543.46 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $1,543.46 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,543.46 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,644.44 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,644.44 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,644.44 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,682.90 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,923.32 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,923.32 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,928.13 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,928.13 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,928.13 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $2,081.99 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $2,081.99 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $2,081.99 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $2,163.74 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $2,562.82 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $3,846.64 | — |
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3d ech img cgen car anomal at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $1,612.45 | $100.00 – $4,607.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $1,612.45 | $100.00 – $4,607.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $23.26 – $64.59 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $23.73 – $64.59 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $695.69 | $24.21 – $985.57 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $632.45 | $88.40 – $948.67 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $683.05 | $24.21 – $917.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $695.69 | $24.21 – $985.57 |