Administration immunization 1 vaccine 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

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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.

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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.

$19.78 with Superior Health Plan vs $195.32 with BCBS — 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $19.78
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $19.78
Superior Health Plan STAR $19.78
Superior Health Plan STARKids $19.78
Superior Health Plan CHIP $19.78
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $40.27
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $40.27
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $40.27
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $40.27
Cigna CSN $45.84
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $49.56
United OptionsPPO $52.04
Cigna PPO $58.85
Oscar HIX $64.28
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $78.98
Aetna QHPExchange $82.08
Evry Health BroadNetwork $84.56
Aetna NBPPO $99.43
Aetna NBHMO $99.43
Aetna NBPOS $99.43
Aetna COMMPOS $105.93
Aetna COMMPPO $105.93
Aetna COMMHMO $105.93
BCBS Traditional $108.41
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $123.90
Curative Administrators COMM $123.90
Aetna OONPPO $124.21
Aetna OONPOS $124.21
Aetna OONHMO $124.21
Aetna ASAPPO $134.12
Aetna ASAPOS $134.12
Aetna ASAHMO $134.12
United GlobalAppendix $139.38
BCBS MyBlueHealth $141.50
BCBS BAV $156.01
Coventry National First Health COMM $165.09
Humana PPO $193.92
Humana HMO $193.92
BCBS PPO $195.32
BCBS EPOSOA $195.32
BCBS HMO $195.32

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Administration immunization 1 vaccine at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $72.80 $44.80 – $208.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $72.80 $37.00 – $208.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $141.50 – $193.92
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $141.50 – $193.92
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $215.25 $232.81 – $232.81
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $77.72 $22.02 – $174.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $67.70 $13.94 – $174.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $66.51 $12.32 – $174.51

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