Antibody bacterium, not elsewhere specified 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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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.

$7.52 with Superior Health Plan vs $172.04 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 CHIP $7.52
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $7.52
Superior Health Plan STAR $7.52
Superior Health Plan STARKids $7.52
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $7.52
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $10.82
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $10.82
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $10.82
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $10.82
United MGMCD $11.04
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $11.69
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $11.90
Molina Healthcare CHIP $11.90
Molina Healthcare STAR $11.90
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $11.90
Oscar MGMCR $12.62
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $12.88
United AllPayerAppendix $12.88
United SmallGroup $12.88
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $12.88
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $12.88
Devoted Health MGMCR $12.88
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.88
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.88
BCBS MCRPPO $12.88
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $12.88
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $12.88
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $12.88
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $12.88
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $12.88
WellMed MGMCR $12.94
Van Lang IPA MCR $13.01
United MCR $13.14
WellCare PPO $13.27
WellCare POS $13.27
WellCare MCRHMO $13.27
WellCare PFFS $13.27
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $13.27
WellCare SNP $13.27
American Health Plan MGMCR $13.52
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $13.52
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $13.52
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $13.52
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $13.52
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $13.52
Superior Health Plan PFFS $13.52
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $13.52
Shared Health MGMCR $13.52
Humana MCD $13.53
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $13.65
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $13.65
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $13.65
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $13.65
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $13.65
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $13.94
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $13.94
Molina MGMCR $14.04
Verda Health Plan MCR $16.74
Community Health Choice HIX $18.68
Superior ValueHMO $18.68
Superior HMO $19.96
Superior EPO $19.96
United OptionsPPO $21.05
BCBS MyBlueHealth $26.02
Molina Healthcare HIX $27.69
BCBS BAV $28.72
Evry Health BroadNetwork $34.20
BCBS HMO $35.94
Oscar HIX $37.22
BCBS EPOSOA $38.51
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $38.64
BCBS PPO $41.09
BCBS Traditional $43.85
Aetna QHPExchange $47.19
Cigna CSN $52.96
United GlobalAppendix $56.38
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $57.36
Aetna NBPOS $62.75
Aetna NBPPO $62.75
Aetna NBHMO $62.75
Aetna COMMPOS $66.67
Aetna COMMHMO $66.67
Aetna COMMPPO $66.67
Coventry National First Health COMM $66.77
Cigna PPO $68.24
Aetna OONHMO $78.32
Aetna OONPOS $78.32
Aetna OONPPO $78.32
Aetna ASAPOS $84.68
Aetna ASAPPO $84.68
Aetna ASAHMO $84.68
Humana PPO $172.04
Humana HMO $172.04
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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $10.82 – $52.96
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $110.72 $10.00 – $81.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $105.45 $12.00 – $96.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $105.45 $10.82 – $76.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $110.72 $10.00 – $81.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $105.45 $11.58 – $96.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $105.45 $8.00 – $96.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $105.45 $10.82 – $92.07

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