Assay of urine sulfate at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
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Gross charge 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.
$4.61 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $63.41 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $4.61 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $4.61 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $4.61 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $4.61 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $4.70 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $4.98 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $5.07 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $5.07 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $5.07 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $5.07 | — |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $5.38 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $5.49 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $5.49 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $5.49 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $5.49 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $5.49 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $5.49 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $5.49 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $5.49 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $5.49 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $5.49 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $5.49 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $5.49 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $5.49 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $5.49 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $5.52 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $5.54 | — |
| United | MCR | $5.60 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $5.65 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $5.65 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $5.65 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $5.65 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $5.65 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $5.65 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $5.76 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $5.76 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $5.76 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $5.76 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $5.76 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $5.76 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $5.76 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $5.76 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $5.76 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $5.76 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $5.82 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $5.82 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $5.82 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $5.82 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $5.82 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $5.94 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $5.94 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $5.98 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $7.14 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $7.96 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $7.96 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $8.51 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $8.51 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $11.09 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $11.80 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $12.24 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $14.24 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $15.32 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $15.87 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $16.42 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $17.51 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $20.10 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $22.30 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $24.15 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $26.73 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $26.73 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $26.73 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $28.40 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $28.40 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $28.40 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $28.74 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $33.36 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $33.36 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $33.36 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $36.07 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $36.07 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $36.07 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $63.41 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $63.41 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Assay of urine sulfate at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $9.45 | $3.95 – $27.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $9.45 | $3.95 – $27.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $4.52 – $22.30 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $4.61 – $22.30 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $40.73 | $4.61 – $50.91 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $45.67 | $8.05 – $68.51 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $44.62 | $4.61 – $55.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $40.73 | $4.61 – $50.91 |