Antibody screen rbc 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.

$9.57 with Oscar vs $318.42 with Coventry National First Health — 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
Oscar MGMCR $9.57
United SmallGroup $9.77
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9.77
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $9.77
United AllPayerAppendix $9.77
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $9.77
BCBS MCRPPO $9.77
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $9.77
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $9.77
Devoted Health MGMCR $9.77
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $9.77
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.77
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.77
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $9.77
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $9.77
WellMed MGMCR $9.82
Van Lang IPA MCR $9.87
United MCR $9.97
WellCare SNP $10.06
WellCare PPO $10.06
WellCare POS $10.06
WellCare MCRHMO $10.06
WellCare PFFS $10.06
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $10.06
Superior Health Plan PFFS $10.26
Shared Health MGMCR $10.26
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $10.26
American Health Plan MGMCR $10.26
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $10.26
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $10.26
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $10.26
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $10.26
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $10.26
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $10.36
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $10.36
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $10.36
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $10.36
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $10.36
Molina MGMCR $10.65
Verda Health Plan MCR $12.70
Superior ValueHMO $14.17
Community Health Choice HIX $14.17
Superior HMO $15.14
Superior EPO $15.14
Molina Healthcare HIX $21.01
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $23.74
Oscar HIX $28.24
Aetna QHPExchange $35.81
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $35.84
Superior Health Plan CHIP $35.84
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $35.84
Superior Health Plan STAR $35.84
Superior Health Plan STARKids $35.84
Cigna CSN $40.44
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $43.80
Aetna NBHMO $47.63
Aetna NBPOS $47.63
Aetna NBPPO $47.63
Aetna COMMPPO $50.60
Aetna COMMPOS $50.60
Aetna COMMHMO $50.60
Cigna PPO $52.12
Aetna OONHMO $59.44
Aetna OONPOS $59.44
Aetna OONPPO $59.44
Aetna ASAPPO $64.27
Aetna ASAHMO $64.27
Aetna ASAPOS $64.27
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $77.66
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $77.66
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $77.66
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $77.66
BCBS MyBlueHealth $99.93
United OptionsPPO $100.36
Humana PPO $105.71
Humana HMO $105.71
BCBS BAV $110.32
BCBS HMO $138.02
BCBS EPOSOA $147.92
BCBS PPO $157.81
Evry Health BroadNetwork $163.09
BCBS Traditional $209.09
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $238.96
United GlobalAppendix $268.83
Coventry National First Health COMM $318.42
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Antibody screen rbc at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $127.75 $14.66 – $365.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $584.00 $9.57 – $40.44
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $127.75 $14.66 – $365.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $9.57 – $40.44
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $161.24 $8.79 – $190.46
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $166.55 $1.06 – $134.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $158.04 $0.77 – $134.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $158.04 $0.75 – $134.24

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