#a/b/c/c/h pnl-candida albicans ab 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

$708.19

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.

$708.19

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.

$10.09 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $377.47 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 $10.09 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $10.09 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $10.09 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $10.09 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $10.29 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $10.90 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $11.10 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $11.10 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $11.10 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $11.10 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $11.77 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $12.01 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $12.01 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $12.01 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.01 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $12.01 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $12.01 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $12.01 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $12.01 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $12.01 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $12.01 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $12.01 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.01 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $12.01 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $12.01 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $12.07 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $12.13 ↓ -98%
United MCR $12.25 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $12.37 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $12.37 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $12.37 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $12.37 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $12.37 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $12.37 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $12.61 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $12.61 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $12.61 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $12.61 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $12.61 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $12.61 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $12.61 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $12.61 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $12.61 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $12.61 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $12.73 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $12.73 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $12.73 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $12.73 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $12.73 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $13.00 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $13.00 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $13.09 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $15.61 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $17.41 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $17.41 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $18.62 ↓ -97%
Superior HMO $18.62 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $24.26 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare HIX $25.82 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $26.78 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $33.51 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $34.71 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $35.91 ↓ -95%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $36.01 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $38.31 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $42.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $42.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $42.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $42.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $42.49 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $44.01 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $48.80 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $52.86 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBHMO $58.52 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPOS $58.52 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPPO $58.52 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPPO $62.18 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPOS $62.18 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMHMO $62.18 ↓ -91%
Cigna PPO $62.89 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONHMO $73.04 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPOS $73.04 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPPO $73.04 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAHMO $78.97 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPPO $78.97 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPOS $78.97 ↓ -89%
United OptionsPPO $118.98 ↓ -83%
Humana PPO $160.35 ↓ -77%
Humana HMO $160.35 ↓ -77%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $193.34 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $247.87 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $318.69 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $377.47 ↓ -47%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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#a/b/c/c/h pnl-candida albicans ab at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $367.00 $9.89 – $48.80
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $10.09 – $48.80
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $75.60 $10.00 – $28.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $75.60 $4.01 – $29.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $75.60 $10.09 – $28.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $75.60 $10.00 – $28.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $75.60 $10.80 – $29.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $75.60 $8.00 – $29.25

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