5' nucleotidase - 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

$564.45

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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$564.45

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.

$9.37 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $300.85 with Coventry National First Health — 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 CHIP $9.37 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $9.37 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $9.37 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $9.37 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $9.56 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $10.12 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $10.31 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $10.31 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $10.31 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $10.31 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $10.93 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $11.15 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $11.15 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.15 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $11.15 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $11.15 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $11.15 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11.15 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $11.15 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $11.15 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $11.15 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $11.15 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $11.15 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $11.15 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $11.15 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $11.21 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $11.26 ↓ -98%
United MCR $11.37 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $11.48 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $11.48 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $11.48 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $11.48 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $11.48 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $11.48 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $11.71 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $11.71 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $11.71 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $11.71 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $11.71 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $11.71 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $11.71 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $11.71 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $11.71 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $11.71 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $11.82 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $11.82 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $11.82 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $11.82 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $11.82 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $12.07 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $12.07 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $12.15 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $14.50 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice HIX $16.17 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $16.17 ↓ -97%
Superior HMO $17.28 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $17.28 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $22.52 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $23.97 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $24.86 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $31.11 ↓ -94%
Oscar HIX $32.22 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $33.34 ↓ -94%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $33.46 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $33.87 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $33.87 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $33.87 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $33.87 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $33.87 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $35.57 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $40.83 ↓ -93%
Cigna CSN $45.98 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $49.81 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBHMO $54.29 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPOS $54.29 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPPO $54.29 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMHMO $57.68 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPOS $57.68 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPPO $57.68 ↓ -90%
Cigna PPO $59.26 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPPO $67.76 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONHMO $67.76 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONPOS $67.76 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAHMO $73.27 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAPPO $73.27 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAPOS $73.27 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $94.83 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $148.99 ↓ -74%
Humana PPO $148.99 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $154.09 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $197.56 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $254.00 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $300.85 ↓ -47%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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5' nucleotidase - sendout at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $54.60 $8.03 – $156.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $127.00 $9.18 – $45.98
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $54.60 $8.03 – $156.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $9.37 – $45.98
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $349.53 $9.37 – $104.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $349.53 $12.00 – $133.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $349.53 $9.37 – $95.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $349.53 $9.37 – $104.50

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