Cell enumeration & id 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.
not published by hospital
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.
$245.76 with Oscar vs $3,282.14 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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| Oscar | MGMCR | $245.76 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $250.78 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $250.78 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $250.78 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $250.78 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $250.78 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $250.78 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $250.78 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $250.78 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $250.78 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $250.78 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $250.78 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $250.78 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $250.78 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $250.78 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $252.03 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $253.29 | — |
| United | MCR | $255.80 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $258.30 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $258.30 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $258.30 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $258.30 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $258.30 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $258.30 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $263.32 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $263.32 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $263.32 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $263.32 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $263.32 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $263.32 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $263.32 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $263.32 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $263.32 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $265.83 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $265.83 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $265.83 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $265.83 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $265.83 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $271.42 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $271.42 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $273.35 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $326.01 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $363.63 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $363.63 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $388.71 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $388.71 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $506.58 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $539.18 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $559.24 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $699.68 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $724.75 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $737.12 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $749.83 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $799.99 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $918.64 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $1,031.54 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,117.30 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,221.68 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,221.68 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $1,221.68 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,297.92 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,297.92 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,297.92 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,329.32 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,524.72 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,524.72 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,524.72 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,648.60 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,648.60 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,648.60 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $3,282.14 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $3,282.14 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $245.76 – $1,031.54 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $245.76 – $1,031.54 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $109.79 | $12.00 – $601.87 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $118.58 | $12.00 – $601.87 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $109.79 | $12.00 – $601.87 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $109.79 | $8.00 – $601.87 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $118.58 | $12.00 – $601.87 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $109.79 | $21.96 – $601.87 |