Cryopreservation embryo(s) 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

$1,710.47

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.

$1,710.47

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.

$102.63 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,374.02 with Aetna — 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 CHIP $102.63 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $102.63 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $102.63 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $102.63 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $102.63 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $222.36 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $222.36 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $222.36 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $222.36 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $287.36 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $333.54 ↓ -81%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $436.17 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $466.96 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $545.81 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $545.81 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $598.66 ↓ -65%
United SmallGroup $656.15 ↓ -62%
United AllPayerAppendix $656.15 ↓ -62%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $656.15 ↓ -62%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $684.19 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $769.71 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $911.68 ↓ -47%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,268.96 ↓ -26%
BCBS BAV $1,400.89 ↓ -18%
BCBS HMO $1,752.68 ↑ +2%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,878.32 ↑ +10%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,880.09 ↑ +10%
BCBS PPO $2,003.96 ↑ +17%
Cigna CSN $2,185.48 ↑ +28%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,367.18 ↑ +38%
Aetna NBPPO $2,500.28 ↑ +46%
Aetna NBPOS $2,500.28 ↑ +46%
Aetna NBHMO $2,500.28 ↑ +46%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,656.31 ↑ +55%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,656.31 ↑ +55%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,656.31 ↑ +55%
Cigna PPO $2,816.39 ↑ +65%
Aetna OONPPO $3,120.48 ↑ +82%
Aetna OONPOS $3,120.48 ↑ +82%
Aetna OONHMO $3,120.48 ↑ +82%
Aetna ASAPOS $3,374.02 ↑ +97%
Aetna ASAPPO $3,374.02 ↑ +97%
Aetna ASAHMO $3,374.02 ↑ +97%
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Cryopreservation embryo(s) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $656.15 – $2,185.48
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $656.15 – $2,185.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,500.00 $12.00 – $2,250.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $326.15 $12.00 – $2,130.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,500.00 $12.00 – $2,250.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,500.00 $8.00 – $2,250.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $326.15 $12.00 – $2,130.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $1,500.00 $300.00 – $2,130.15

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