Braf gene 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

$1,148.66

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.

$1,148.66

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.

$68.92 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,897.83 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $68.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $68.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $68.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $68.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $68.92 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $147.34 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $147.34 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $147.34 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $147.34 ↓ -87%
United MGMCD $150.29 ↓ -87%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $159.13 ↓ -86%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $162.07 ↓ -86%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $162.07 ↓ -86%
Molina Healthcare STAR $162.07 ↓ -86%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $162.07 ↓ -86%
Oscar MGMCR $171.89 ↓ -85%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $175.40 ↓ -85%
United AllPayerAppendix $175.40 ↓ -85%
United SmallGroup $175.40 ↓ -85%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $175.40 ↓ -85%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $175.40 ↓ -85%
Devoted Health MGMCR $175.40 ↓ -85%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $175.40 ↓ -85%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $175.40 ↓ -85%
BCBS MCRPPO $175.40 ↓ -85%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $175.40 ↓ -85%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $175.40 ↓ -85%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $175.40 ↓ -85%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $175.40 ↓ -85%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $175.40 ↓ -85%
WellMed MGMCR $176.28 ↓ -85%
Van Lang IPA MCR $177.15 ↓ -85%
United MCR $178.91 ↓ -84%
WellCare PPO $180.66 ↓ -84%
WellCare POS $180.66 ↓ -84%
WellCare MCRHMO $180.66 ↓ -84%
WellCare PFFS $180.66 ↓ -84%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $180.66 ↓ -84%
WellCare SNP $180.66 ↓ -84%
American Health Plan MGMCR $184.17 ↓ -84%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $184.17 ↓ -84%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $184.17 ↓ -84%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $184.17 ↓ -84%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $184.17 ↓ -84%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $184.17 ↓ -84%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $184.17 ↓ -84%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $184.17 ↓ -84%
Shared Health MGMCR $184.17 ↓ -84%
Humana MCD $184.18 ↓ -84%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $185.92 ↓ -84%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $185.92 ↓ -84%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $185.92 ↓ -84%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $185.92 ↓ -84%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $185.92 ↓ -84%
Molina MGMCR $191.19 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $192.97 ↓ -83%
Verda Health Plan MCR $228.02 ↓ -80%
Community Health Choice HIX $254.33 ↓ -78%
Superior ValueHMO $254.33 ↓ -78%
Superior HMO $271.87 ↓ -76%
Superior EPO $271.87 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $313.58 ↓ -73%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $354.31 ↓ -69%
Molina Healthcare HIX $377.11 ↓ -67%
BCBS BAV $391.14 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $402.03 ↓ -65%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $426.23 ↓ -63%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $459.46 ↓ -60%
BCBS HMO $489.37 ↓ -57%
Oscar HIX $506.91 ↓ -56%
United GlobalAppendix $516.90 ↓ -55%
BCBS EPOSOA $524.45 ↓ -54%
BCBS PPO $559.53 ↓ -51%
Coventry National First Health COMM $612.24 ↓ -47%
Aetna QHPExchange $642.51 ↓ -44%
Cigna CSN $722.07 ↓ -37%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $782.10 ↓ -32%
Aetna NBPPO $854.45 ↓ -26%
Aetna NBHMO $854.45 ↓ -26%
Aetna NBPOS $854.45 ↓ -26%
Aetna COMMPOS $907.77 ↓ -21%
Aetna COMMPPO $907.77 ↓ -21%
Aetna COMMHMO $907.77 ↓ -21%
Cigna PPO $930.52 ↓ -19%
Aetna OONHMO $1,066.40 ↓ -7%
Aetna OONPOS $1,066.40 ↓ -7%
Aetna OONPPO $1,066.40 ↓ -7%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,153.05 ↑ +0%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,153.05 ↑ +0%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,153.05 ↑ +0%
Humana PPO $1,897.83 ↑ +65%
Humana HMO $1,897.83 ↑ +65%
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