Contrast baths charges 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.
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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.
$13.84 with Christus (USFHP) vs $145.52 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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| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $13.84 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $13.84 | — |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $13.88 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $14.16 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $14.16 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $14.16 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $14.16 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $14.16 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $14.16 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $14.16 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $14.16 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $14.16 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $14.16 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $14.16 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $14.23 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $14.30 | — |
| United | MCR | $14.44 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $14.58 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $14.58 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $14.58 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $14.58 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $14.58 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $14.58 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $14.87 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $14.87 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $14.87 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $14.87 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $14.87 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $14.87 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $14.87 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $14.87 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $14.87 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $15.01 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $15.01 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $15.01 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $15.01 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $15.01 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $15.41 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $15.41 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $15.41 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $15.41 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $15.41 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $15.43 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $18.41 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $20.53 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $20.53 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $21.95 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $21.95 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $30.44 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $33.39 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $33.39 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $33.39 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $33.39 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $36.27 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $39.99 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $43.14 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $43.28 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $50.06 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $50.06 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $50.06 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $50.08 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $57.50 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $57.50 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $57.50 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $60.98 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $60.98 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $60.98 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $71.89 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $71.89 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $71.89 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $77.58 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $77.58 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $77.58 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $89.88 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $115.56 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $136.88 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $145.52 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $145.52 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Contrast baths charges at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $262.00 | $13.88 – $30.44 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $13.84 – $30.44 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $87.17 | $24.70 – $134.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $87.17 | $17.94 – $149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $84.22 | $16.84 – $149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $87.17 | $23.24 – $134.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $87.17 | $27.98 – $149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $87.17 | $41.01 – $253.00 |