Contrast exam thoracic aorta 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.
$185.11 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $10,724.85 with BCBS — 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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| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $185.11 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $185.11 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $185.11 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $185.11 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $188.81 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $199.92 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $201.06 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $201.06 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $201.06 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $201.06 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $228.47 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $455.98 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $455.98 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $455.98 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $455.98 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $455.98 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $586.91 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $635.17 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $755.05 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $985.39 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,276.75 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,309.68 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,309.68 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $1,309.68 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,393.19 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,393.19 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,393.19 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,638.15 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,638.15 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,638.15 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,770.37 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,770.37 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,770.37 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,937.93 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $2,074.72 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,659.90 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $3,039.88 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $3,039.88 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $3,093.22 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $3,093.22 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $3,419.87 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $4,050.65 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $4,877.45 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $5,437.15 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $6,179.95 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $6,438.74 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $6,438.74 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $9,422.35 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $10,087.46 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $10,724.85 | — |
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Contrast exam thoracic aorta at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $179.12 – $4,877.45 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $182.78 – $4,877.45 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,570.00 | $182.78 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,748.50 | $771.57 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $6,446.54 | $182.78 – $8,058.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,570.00 | $182.78 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,748.50 | $195.57 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $3,748.50 | $182.78 – $7,896.23 |