C-reactive protein high sensitivity 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.

$2.93 with Superior Health Plan vs $172.90 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 CHPFC $2.93
Superior Health Plan STAR $2.93
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.93
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.93
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.93
United OptionsPPO $8.20
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $10.88
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $10.88
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $10.88
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $10.88
United MGMCD $11.10
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $11.75
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $11.97
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $11.97
Molina Healthcare STAR $11.97
Molina Healthcare CHIP $11.97
Oscar MGMCR $12.69
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $12.95
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $12.95
United AllPayerAppendix $12.95
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.95
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $12.95
Devoted Health MGMCR $12.95
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.95
BCBS MCRPPO $12.95
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $12.95
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $12.95
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $12.95
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $12.95
United SmallGroup $12.95
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $12.95
WellMed MGMCR $13.01
Van Lang IPA MCR $13.08
United MCR $13.21
Evry Health BroadNetwork $13.32
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $13.34
WellCare PPO $13.34
WellCare SNP $13.34
WellCare MCRHMO $13.34
WellCare POS $13.34
WellCare PFFS $13.34
American Health Plan MGMCR $13.60
Humana MCD $13.60
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $13.60
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $13.60
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $13.60
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $13.60
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $13.60
Superior Health Plan PFFS $13.60
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $13.60
Shared Health MGMCR $13.60
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $13.73
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $13.73
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $13.73
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $13.73
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $13.73
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $14.02
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $14.02
Molina MGMCR $14.12
Verda Health Plan MCR $16.84
BCBS Traditional $17.08
Superior ValueHMO $18.78
Community Health Choice HIX $18.78
Superior EPO $20.07
Superior HMO $20.07
United GlobalAppendix $21.96
Coventry National First Health COMM $26.01
BCBS MyBlueHealth $26.16
Molina Healthcare HIX $27.84
BCBS BAV $28.88
BCBS HMO $36.13
Oscar HIX $37.43
BCBS EPOSOA $38.72
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $38.83
BCBS PPO $41.31
Aetna QHPExchange $47.43
Cigna CSN $52.96
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $57.36
Aetna NBPPO $63.07
Aetna NBHMO $63.07
Aetna NBPOS $63.07
Aetna COMMHMO $67.01
Aetna COMMPPO $67.01
Aetna COMMPOS $67.01
Cigna PPO $68.24
Aetna OONPPO $78.72
Aetna OONHMO $78.72
Aetna OONPOS $78.72
Aetna ASAPPO $85.12
Aetna ASAHMO $85.12
Aetna ASAPOS $85.12
Humana PPO $172.90
Humana HMO $172.90
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C-reactive protein high sensitivity at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $43.05 $9.32 – $123.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $688.00 $10.66 – $52.96
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HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $10.88 – $52.96
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $105.53 $10.00 – $131.92
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