#cmvcul-virus inoculation shell 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.

$8.70 with Superior Health Plan vs $261.30 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 $8.70
Superior Health Plan CHIP $8.70
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $8.70
Superior Health Plan STARKids $8.70
Superior Health Plan STAR $8.70
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $16.43
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $16.43
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $16.43
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $16.43
United MGMCD $16.76
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $17.74
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $18.07
Molina Healthcare STAR $18.07
Molina Healthcare CHIP $18.07
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $18.07
Oscar MGMCR $19.17
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $19.56
BCBS MCRPPO $19.56
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $19.56
United SmallGroup $19.56
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $19.56
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $19.56
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $19.56
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $19.56
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $19.56
Devoted Health MGMCR $19.56
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $19.56
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $19.56
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $19.56
United AllPayerAppendix $19.56
WellMed MGMCR $19.66
Van Lang IPA MCR $19.76
United MCR $19.95
WellCare SNP $20.15
WellCare PPO $20.15
WellCare POS $20.15
WellCare MCRHMO $20.15
WellCare PFFS $20.15
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $20.15
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $20.54
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $20.54
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $20.54
Superior Health Plan PFFS $20.54
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $20.54
Humana MCD $20.54
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $20.54
American Health Plan MGMCR $20.54
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $20.54
Shared Health MGMCR $20.54
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $20.73
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $20.73
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $20.73
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $20.73
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $20.73
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $21.17
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $21.17
Molina MGMCR $21.32
United OptionsPPO $24.37
Verda Health Plan MCR $25.43
Community Health Choice HIX $28.36
Superior ValueHMO $28.36
Superior HMO $30.32
Superior EPO $30.32
BCBS MyBlueHealth $39.51
Evry Health BroadNetwork $39.60
Molina Healthcare HIX $42.05
BCBS BAV $43.62
BCBS Traditional $50.77
BCBS HMO $54.57
Oscar HIX $56.53
BCBS EPOSOA $58.48
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $58.68
BCBS PPO $62.40
United GlobalAppendix $65.28
Aetna QHPExchange $71.67
Coventry National First Health COMM $77.32
Cigna CSN $80.84
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $87.56
Aetna NBPPO $95.32
Aetna NBPOS $95.32
Aetna NBHMO $95.32
Aetna COMMPPO $101.26
Aetna COMMHMO $101.26
Aetna COMMPOS $101.26
Cigna PPO $104.18
Aetna OONPPO $118.96
Aetna OONHMO $118.96
Aetna OONPOS $118.96
Aetna ASAPOS $128.63
Aetna ASAPPO $128.63
Aetna ASAHMO $128.63
Humana PPO $261.30
Humana HMO $261.30
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#cmvcul-virus inoculation shell at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $17.50 $13.50 – $63.57
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $17.50 $13.50 – $63.57
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $212.53 $16.43 – $80.84
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $16.10 – $80.84
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $133.00 $10.00 – $166.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $124.00 $12.00 – $186.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $124.00 $12.00 – $155.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $133.00 $10.00 – $166.25

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