Administration vaccine hepatitis b 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.

$16.76 with Superior Health Plan vs $193.92 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.

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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 $16.76
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $16.76
Superior Health Plan STAR $16.76
Superior Health Plan STARKids $16.76
Superior Health Plan CHIP $16.76
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $36.32
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $36.32
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $36.32
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $36.32
Cigna CSN $41.35
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $44.71
United OptionsPPO $46.94
Cigna PPO $53.09
Oscar HIX $54.48
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $71.25
Aetna QHPExchange $74.04
Evry Health BroadNetwork $76.28
Aetna NBPPO $89.69
Aetna NBHMO $89.69
Aetna NBPOS $89.69
Aetna COMMPOS $95.56
Aetna COMMPPO $95.56
Aetna COMMHMO $95.56
BCBS Traditional $97.79
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $111.76
Curative Administrators COMM $111.76
Aetna OONPPO $112.04
Aetna OONPOS $112.04
Aetna OONHMO $112.04
Aetna ASAHMO $120.98
Aetna ASAPOS $120.98
Aetna ASAPPO $120.98
BCBS MyBlueHealth $121.45
United GlobalAppendix $125.73
BCBS BAV $133.90
Coventry National First Health COMM $148.93
BCBS HMO $167.64
BCBS EPOSOA $167.64
BCBS PPO $167.64
Humana HMO $193.92
Humana PPO $193.92

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Administration vaccine hepatitis b at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $36.40 $28.08 – $104.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $107.00 $121.45 – $193.92
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $36.40 $28.08 – $104.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $121.45 – $193.92
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $164.68 $121.45 – $193.92
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $75.25 $37.00 – $96.75
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $18.20 $13.25 – $103.28
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $36.40 $28.08 – $104.00

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