Antibody id rbc panel 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.

$38.53 with Superior Health Plan vs $904.08 with BCBS — 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 $38.53
Superior Health Plan CHIP $38.53
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $38.53
Superior Health Plan STARKids $38.53
Superior Health Plan STAR $38.53
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $83.49
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $83.49
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $83.49
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $83.49
United OptionsPPO $107.90
Oscar HIX $125.24
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $163.77
Aetna QHPExchange $164.36
Cigna CSN $174.24
Evry Health BroadNetwork $175.33
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $188.73
Aetna NBHMO $218.58
Aetna NBPPO $218.58
Aetna NBPOS $218.58
Cigna PPO $224.54
BCBS Traditional $224.79
Aetna COMMHMO $232.22
Aetna COMMPPO $232.22
Aetna COMMPOS $232.22
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $256.90
Aetna OONPPO $272.80
Aetna OONPOS $272.80
Aetna OONHMO $272.80
United GlobalAppendix $289.01
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $291.26
United SmallGroup $291.26
United AllPayerAppendix $291.26
Aetna ASAHMO $294.97
Aetna ASAPPO $294.97
Aetna ASAPOS $294.97
Coventry National First Health COMM $342.32
Humana PPO $463.96
Humana HMO $463.96
BCBS MyBlueHealth $572.49
BCBS BAV $632.00
BCBS HMO $790.71
BCBS EPOSOA $847.40
BCBS PPO $904.08
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Antibody id rbc panel at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $576.45 $64.13 – $1,647.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $246.00 $164.36 – $572.49
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $576.45 $104.10 – $1,647.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $164.36 – $572.49
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $338.66 $1,091.13 – $1,091.13
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $237.80 $10.00 – $890.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $265.05 $12.00 – $890.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $265.05 $12.00 – $890.45

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