Bacterial vaginosis pcr 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.

$58.97 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $937.66 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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $58.97
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $58.97
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $58.97
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $58.97
United MGMCD $60.15
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $63.69
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $64.87
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $64.87
Molina Healthcare STAR $64.87
Molina Healthcare CHIP $64.87
Oscar MGMCR $68.80
Devoted Health MGMCR $70.20
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $70.20
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $70.20
United AllPayerAppendix $70.20
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $70.20
United SmallGroup $70.20
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $70.20
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $70.20
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $70.20
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $70.20
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $70.20
BCBS MCRPPO $70.20
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $70.20
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $70.20
WellMed MGMCR $70.55
Van Lang IPA MCR $70.90
United MCR $71.60
WellCare SNP $72.31
WellCare PPO $72.31
WellCare PFFS $72.31
WellCare MCRHMO $72.31
WellCare POS $72.31
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $72.31
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $73.71
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $73.71
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $73.71
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $73.71
Superior Health Plan PFFS $73.71
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $73.71
Shared Health MGMCR $73.71
Humana MCD $73.71
American Health Plan MGMCR $73.71
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $73.71
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $74.41
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $74.41
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $74.41
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $74.41
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $74.41
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $75.98
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $75.98
Molina MGMCR $76.52
Verda Health Plan MCR $91.26
Community Health Choice HIX $101.79
Superior ValueHMO $101.79
Superior HMO $108.81
Superior EPO $108.81
BCBS MyBlueHealth $141.80
Molina Healthcare HIX $150.93
BCBS BAV $156.55
BCBS HMO $195.86
Oscar HIX $202.88
BCBS EPOSOA $209.90
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $210.58
BCBS PPO $223.94
Aetna QHPExchange $257.15
Cigna CSN $288.55
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $312.54
Aetna NBHMO $341.97
Aetna NBPPO $341.97
Aetna NBPOS $341.97
Aetna COMMHMO $363.31
Aetna COMMPOS $363.31
Aetna COMMPPO $363.31
Cigna PPO $371.85
Aetna OONHMO $426.80
Aetna OONPPO $426.80
Aetna OONPOS $426.80
Aetna ASAPPO $461.48
Aetna ASAPOS $461.48
Aetna ASAHMO $461.48
Humana HMO $937.66
Humana PPO $937.66
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Bacterial vaginosis pcr at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $152.95 $50.54 – $437.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $152.95 $50.54 – $437.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $841.14 $58.97 – $288.55
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $57.79 – $288.55
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $210.60 $63.18 – $270.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,888.28 $5.35 – $168.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,820.23 $1.83 – $168.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,888.28 $6.89 – $168.48

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