Adrenal cortex & medulla img 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

$22,737.82

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.

$22,737.82

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.

$440.05 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $12,119.26 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 $440.05 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $440.05 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $440.05 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $440.05 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $448.85 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $456.86 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $456.86 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $456.86 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $456.86 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $475.25 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $519.16 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $757.35 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $959.59 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STAR $1,364.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1,364.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,364.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,364.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,364.27 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $1,463.05 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,566.33 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $1,665.30 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPExchange $2,298.66 ↓ -90%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,481.29 ↓ -89%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,938.37 ↓ -87%
United SmallGroup $2,938.37 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBHMO $3,055.14 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPPO $3,055.14 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPOS $3,055.14 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMHMO $3,249.95 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMPOS $3,249.95 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMPPO $3,249.95 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $3,819.95 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONHMO $3,821.37 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONPOS $3,821.37 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONPPO $3,821.37 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPOS $4,129.80 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAHMO $4,129.80 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAPPO $4,129.80 ↓ -82%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,798.14 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $6,207.42 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $7,255.64 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $7,255.64 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $7,958.24 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $9,095.13 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $9,095.13 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $10,232.02 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $12,119.26 ↓ -47%

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Adrenal cortex & medulla img at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $407.02 – $2,298.66
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $415.33 – $2,298.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $4,524.05 $931.20 – $6,786.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $4,684.17 $397.61 – $5,855.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $4,524.05 $425.44 – $6,786.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $4,524.05 $397.61 – $6,786.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $4,684.17 $397.61 – $7,026.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $4,524.05 $397.61 – $5,655.07

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