Collagen imp urinary 2.5 ml 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.

$525.37 with Oscar vs $4,123.62 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
Oscar MGMCR $525.37
Devoted Health MGMCR $536.09
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $536.09
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $536.09
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $536.09
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $536.09
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $536.09
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $536.09
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $536.09
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $536.09
BCBS MCRPPO $536.09
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $536.09
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $536.09
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $536.09
WellMed MGMCR $538.77
Van Lang IPA MCR $541.45
United MCR $546.81
WellCare SNP $552.17
WellCare PPO $552.17
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $552.17
WellCare PFFS $552.17
WellCare MCRHMO $552.17
WellCare POS $552.17
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $562.89
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $562.89
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $562.89
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $562.89
Superior Health Plan PFFS $562.89
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $562.89
Shared Health MGMCR $562.89
American Health Plan MGMCR $562.89
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $562.89
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $568.26
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $568.26
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $568.26
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $568.26
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $568.26
Molina MGMCR $584.34
Verda Health Plan MCR $696.92
Superior ValueHMO $777.33
Community Health Choice HIX $777.33
Superior EPO $830.94
Superior HMO $830.94
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,152.59
Humana HMO $4,123.62
Humana PPO $4,123.62

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Collagen imp urinary 2.5 ml at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $5,926.00 $525.37 – $1,152.59
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $525.37 – $1,152.59
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $1,705.00 $525.37 – $1,152.59
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $339.57 $18.53 – $66.15
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $397.02 $109.84 – $594.92
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $525.37 – $1,152.59
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $525.37 – $1,152.59
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $525.37 – $1,152.59

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