Amylase 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.

$1.58 with Superior Health Plan vs $86.56 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 CHPFC $1.58
Superior Health Plan STAR $1.58
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.58
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.58
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.58
United OptionsPPO $4.43
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $5.44
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $5.44
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $5.44
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $5.44
United MGMCD $5.55
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $5.88
Molina Healthcare CHIP $5.98
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $5.98
Molina Healthcare STAR $5.98
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $5.98
Oscar MGMCR $6.35
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $6.48
Devoted Health MGMCR $6.48
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $6.48
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $6.48
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $6.48
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $6.48
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $6.48
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $6.48
United SmallGroup $6.48
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $6.48
United AllPayerAppendix $6.48
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $6.48
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $6.48
BCBS MCRPPO $6.48
WellMed MGMCR $6.51
Van Lang IPA MCR $6.54
United MCR $6.61
WellCare SNP $6.67
WellCare PFFS $6.67
WellCare PPO $6.67
WellCare MCRHMO $6.67
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $6.67
WellCare POS $6.67
American Health Plan MGMCR $6.80
Humana MCD $6.80
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $6.80
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $6.80
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $6.80
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $6.80
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $6.80
Superior Health Plan PFFS $6.80
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $6.80
Shared Health MGMCR $6.80
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $6.87
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $6.87
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $6.87
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $6.87
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $6.87
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $7.01
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $7.01
Molina MGMCR $7.06
Evry Health BroadNetwork $7.20
Verda Health Plan MCR $8.42
BCBS Traditional $9.23
Superior ValueHMO $9.40
Community Health Choice HIX $9.40
Superior EPO $10.04
Superior HMO $10.04
United GlobalAppendix $11.87
BCBS MyBlueHealth $13.09
Molina Healthcare HIX $13.93
Coventry National First Health COMM $14.06
BCBS BAV $14.45
BCBS HMO $18.08
Oscar HIX $18.73
BCBS EPOSOA $19.38
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $19.44
BCBS PPO $20.67
Aetna QHPExchange $23.71
Cigna CSN $26.50
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $28.70
Aetna NBPPO $31.54
Aetna NBHMO $31.54
Aetna NBPOS $31.54
Aetna COMMPPO $33.51
Aetna COMMPOS $33.51
Aetna COMMHMO $33.51
Cigna PPO $34.15
Aetna OONPPO $39.36
Aetna OONHMO $39.36
Aetna OONPOS $39.36
Aetna ASAHMO $42.56
Aetna ASAPOS $42.56
Aetna ASAPPO $42.56
Humana PPO $86.56
Humana HMO $86.56
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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $154.70 $4.67 – $442.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $154.70 $4.67 – $442.00
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