Analysis gene f2 20210g>a variant 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.

$36.24 with Superior Health Plan vs $710.77 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 $36.24
Superior Health Plan CHIP $36.24
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $36.24
Superior Health Plan STAR $36.24
Superior Health Plan STARKids $36.24
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $55.18
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $55.18
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $55.18
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $55.18
United MGMCD $56.28
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $59.59
Molina Healthcare STAR $60.70
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $60.70
Molina Healthcare CHIP $60.70
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $60.70
Oscar MGMCR $64.38
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $65.69
United AllPayerAppendix $65.69
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $65.69
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $65.69
Devoted Health MGMCR $65.69
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $65.69
BCBS MCRPPO $65.69
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $65.69
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $65.69
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $65.69
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $65.69
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $65.69
United SmallGroup $65.69
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $65.69
WellMed MGMCR $66.02
Van Lang IPA MCR $66.35
United MCR $67.00
WellCare PFFS $67.66
WellCare SNP $67.66
WellCare PPO $67.66
WellCare POS $67.66
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $67.66
WellCare MCRHMO $67.66
American Health Plan MGMCR $68.97
Humana MCD $68.97
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $68.97
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $68.97
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $68.97
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $68.97
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $68.97
Superior Health Plan PFFS $68.97
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $68.97
Shared Health MGMCR $68.97
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $69.63
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $69.63
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $69.63
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $69.63
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $69.63
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $71.10
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $71.10
Molina MGMCR $71.60
Verda Health Plan MCR $85.40
Community Health Choice HIX $95.25
Superior ValueHMO $95.25
United OptionsPPO $101.47
Superior EPO $101.82
Superior HMO $101.82
BCBS MyBlueHealth $132.69
Molina Healthcare HIX $141.23
BCBS BAV $146.49
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $159.62
Evry Health BroadNetwork $164.89
BCBS HMO $183.28
Oscar HIX $189.84
BCBS EPOSOA $196.41
BCBS PPO $209.55
BCBS Traditional $211.40
Aetna QHPExchange $240.61
Cigna CSN $270.41
United GlobalAppendix $271.80
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $292.89
Aetna NBHMO $319.99
Aetna NBPOS $319.99
Aetna NBPPO $319.99
Coventry National First Health COMM $321.93
Aetna COMMHMO $339.96
Aetna COMMPPO $339.96
Aetna COMMPOS $339.96
Cigna PPO $348.47
Aetna OONPPO $399.36
Aetna OONPOS $399.36
Aetna OONHMO $399.36
Aetna ASAPPO $431.81
Aetna ASAHMO $431.81
Aetna ASAPOS $431.81
Humana PPO $710.77
Humana HMO $710.77
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Analysis gene f2 20210g>a variant at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $811.65 $47.30 – $2,319.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $1,959.00 $54.08 – $270.41
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $811.65 $47.30 – $2,319.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $55.18 – $270.41
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $439.79 $10.00 – $157.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $439.79 $12.00 – $157.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $439.79 $12.00 – $157.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $439.79 $10.00 – $157.66

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