CT 3d report other modality w/workstation 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.

$30.96 with Superior Health Plan vs $545.74 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 CHIP $30.96
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $30.96
Superior Health Plan STARKids $30.96
Superior Health Plan STAR $30.96
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $30.96
BCBS MyBlueHealth $55.81
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $67.08
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $67.08
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $67.08
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $67.08
BCBS BAV $70.71
Cigna CSN $76.37
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $82.56
United OptionsPPO $86.69
Cigna PPO $98.04
BCBS HMO $107.81
BCBS EPOSOA $115.42
BCBS PPO $122.72
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $131.58
Molina Healthcare HIX $139.32
Evry Health BroadNetwork $140.87
BCBS Traditional $180.60
Curative Administrators COMM $206.40
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $206.40
United GlobalAppendix $232.20
Aetna QHPExchange $251.69
Coventry National First Health COMM $275.03
Aetna NBHMO $334.53
Aetna NBPOS $334.53
Aetna NBPPO $334.53
Aetna COMMHMO $355.86
Aetna COMMPPO $355.86
Aetna COMMPOS $355.86
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $412.81
Aetna OONPOS $418.42
Aetna OONHMO $418.42
Aetna OONPPO $418.42
Aetna ASAPPO $452.20
Aetna ASAHMO $452.20
Aetna ASAPOS $452.20
Humana HMO $545.74
Humana PPO $545.74

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CT 3d report other modality w/workstation at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $833.35 $38.05 – $2,381.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $833.35 $44.71 – $2,381.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $55.81 – $545.74
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $55.81 – $545.74
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $681.35 $63.42 – $965.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $681.35 $44.09 – $658.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $681.35 $46.54 – $658.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $681.35 $72.62 – $965.24

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