Ana ds-dna 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.

$10.17 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $161.76 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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $10.17
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $10.17
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $10.17
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $10.17
United MGMCD $10.37
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $10.98
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $11.19
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $11.19
Molina Healthcare STAR $11.19
Molina Healthcare CHIP $11.19
Oscar MGMCR $11.87
Devoted Health MGMCR $12.11
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.11
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $12.11
United AllPayerAppendix $12.11
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $12.11
United SmallGroup $12.11
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $12.11
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $12.11
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $12.11
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $12.11
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $12.11
BCBS MCRPPO $12.11
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.11
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $12.11
WellMed MGMCR $12.17
Van Lang IPA MCR $12.23
United MCR $12.35
WellCare SNP $12.47
WellCare PPO $12.47
WellCare PFFS $12.47
WellCare MCRHMO $12.47
WellCare POS $12.47
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $12.47
Humana MCD $12.71
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $12.72
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $12.72
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $12.72
Superior Health Plan PFFS $12.72
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $12.72
Shared Health MGMCR $12.72
American Health Plan MGMCR $12.72
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $12.72
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $12.72
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $12.84
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $12.84
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $12.84
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $12.84
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $12.84
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $13.11
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $13.11
Molina MGMCR $13.20
Verda Health Plan MCR $15.74
Community Health Choice HIX $17.56
Superior ValueHMO $17.56
Superior HMO $18.77
Superior EPO $18.77
BCBS MyBlueHealth $24.46
Molina Healthcare HIX $26.04
BCBS BAV $27.01
BCBS HMO $33.79
Oscar HIX $35.00
BCBS EPOSOA $36.21
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $36.33
BCBS PPO $38.63
Aetna QHPExchange $44.34
Cigna CSN $50.18
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $54.36
Aetna NBHMO $58.97
Aetna NBPPO $58.97
Aetna NBPOS $58.97
Aetna COMMHMO $62.65
Aetna COMMPOS $62.65
Aetna COMMPPO $62.65
Cigna PPO $64.67
Aetna OONHMO $73.60
Aetna OONPPO $73.60
Aetna OONPOS $73.60
Aetna ASAPPO $79.58
Aetna ASAPOS $79.58
Aetna ASAHMO $79.58
Humana HMO $161.76
Humana PPO $161.76
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Ana ds-dna at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $145.17 $10.17 – $50.18
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $58.63 $10.00 – $73.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $100.68 $12.00 – $151.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $100.68 $10.17 – $125.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $58.63 $10.00 – $73.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $100.68 $10.88 – $151.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $100.68 $8.00 – $151.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $100.68 $10.17 – $151.02

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