Acetone qualitative 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

$377.17

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.

$377.17

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.

$3.80 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $201.03 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 $3.80 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.80 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.80 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.80 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $3.88 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $4.10 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $4.18 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $4.18 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $4.18 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $4.18 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $4.43 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $4.52 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $4.52 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.52 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.52 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $4.52 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $4.52 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.52 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $4.52 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.52 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.52 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $4.52 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.52 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.52 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $4.52 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $4.54 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $4.57 ↓ -99%
United MCR $4.61 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $4.66 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $4.66 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $4.66 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $4.66 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $4.66 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $4.66 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $4.75 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $4.75 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $4.75 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $4.75 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $4.75 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $4.75 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $4.75 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $4.75 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $4.75 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $4.75 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $4.79 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $4.79 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $4.79 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $4.79 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $4.79 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4.89 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $4.89 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $4.93 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $5.88 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $6.55 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $6.55 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $7.01 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $7.01 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9.13 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $9.72 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $10.08 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $12.61 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $13.06 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $13.51 ↓ -96%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $13.56 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $14.42 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPExchange $16.58 ↓ -96%
Cigna CSN $18.14 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $19.65 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPPO $22.05 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBHMO $22.05 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPOS $22.05 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $22.63 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $22.63 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $22.63 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $22.63 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $22.63 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $23.38 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPPO $23.43 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPOS $23.43 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMHMO $23.43 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONHMO $27.52 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPPO $27.52 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPOS $27.52 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAHMO $29.76 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPPO $29.76 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPOS $29.76 ↓ -92%
Humana PPO $60.38 ↓ -84%
Humana HMO $60.38 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $63.36 ↓ -83%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $102.97 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $132.01 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $169.73 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $201.03 ↓ -47%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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