Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
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Cash price 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 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.
$66.17 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,412.45 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $66.17 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $66.17 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $66.17 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $66.17 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $67.49 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $71.46 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $72.79 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $72.79 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $72.79 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $72.79 | — |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $77.19 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $78.77 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $78.77 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $78.77 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $78.77 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $78.77 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $78.77 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $78.77 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $78.77 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $78.77 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $78.77 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $78.77 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $78.77 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $78.77 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $78.77 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $79.16 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $79.56 | — |
| United | MCR | $80.35 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $81.13 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $81.13 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $81.13 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $81.13 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $81.13 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $81.13 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $82.71 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $82.71 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $82.71 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $82.71 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $82.71 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $82.71 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $82.71 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $82.71 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $82.71 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $82.71 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $83.50 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $83.50 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $83.50 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $83.50 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $83.50 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $85.25 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $85.25 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $85.86 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $102.40 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $114.22 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $114.22 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $122.09 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $122.09 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $159.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $159.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $159.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $159.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $159.00 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $159.12 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $169.36 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $175.66 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $191.41 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $219.77 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $227.65 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $235.52 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $251.28 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $288.57 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $323.41 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $350.30 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $383.77 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $383.77 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $383.77 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $407.71 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $407.71 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $407.71 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $416.77 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $445.20 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $478.96 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $478.96 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $478.96 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $517.88 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $517.88 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $517.88 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $723.45 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $852.29 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $852.29 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $927.50 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,192.50 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,412.45 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $1,925.00 | $64.85 – $323.41 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $631.59 | $66.17 – $323.41 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $517.87 | $70.89 – $303.26 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $308.92 | $10.00 – $386.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $300.41 | $12.00 – $450.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $282.91 | $12.00 – $353.63 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $308.92 | $10.00 – $386.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $300.41 | $12.00 – $450.61 |