88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site 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.
$9.81 with Superior Health Plan vs $164.46 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.
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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| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $9.81 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $9.81 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $9.81 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $9.81 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $9.81 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $19.19 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $19.19 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $19.19 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $21.26 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $21.26 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $21.26 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $21.26 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $27.47 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $31.89 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $34.22 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $37.78 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $41.70 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $44.15 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $44.64 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $47.26 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $50.65 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $54.04 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $57.24 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $65.41 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $73.07 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $73.59 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $80.84 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $87.16 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $87.56 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $97.18 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $97.18 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $97.18 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $103.24 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $103.24 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $103.24 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $104.18 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $121.28 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $121.28 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $121.28 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $130.82 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $131.13 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $131.13 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $131.13 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $164.46 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $164.46 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $97.65 | $20.33 – $279.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $311.00 | $19.19 – $164.46 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $97.65 | $24.30 – $279.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $19.19 – $164.46 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $101.78 | $28.84 – $144.19 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $136.34 | $28.06 – $204.52 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $104.88 | $20.98 – $131.10 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $101.78 | $27.14 – $144.19 |