CT heart w/evaluation of calcium without contrast at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
$818.66
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.
$818.66
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.
$49.12 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,106.00 with Cigna — 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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| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $49.12 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $49.12 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $49.12 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $49.12 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $49.12 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $86.88 | ↓ -89% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $86.88 | ↓ -89% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $86.88 | ↓ -89% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $86.88 | ↓ -89% |
| United | MGMCD | $88.62 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $93.83 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $95.24 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $95.24 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $95.24 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $95.24 | ↓ -88% |
| Humana | MCD | $108.22 | ↓ -87% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $137.53 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $140.47 | ↓ -83% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $153.71 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | BAV | $177.98 | ↓ -78% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $182.03 | ↓ -78% |
| United | SmallGroup | $182.03 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | HMO | $271.35 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $286.53 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $290.51 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | PPO | $308.86 | ↓ -62% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $327.46 | ↓ -60% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $368.40 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $436.35 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $725.00 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $963.00 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $963.00 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $963.00 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,024.00 | ↑ +25% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,024.00 | ↑ +25% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,024.00 | ↑ +25% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,203.00 | ↑ +47% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,203.00 | ↑ +47% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,203.00 | ↑ +47% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,301.00 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,301.00 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,301.00 | ↑ +59% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,303.82 | ↑ +59% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,303.82 | ↑ +59% |
| Cigna | CSN | $1,635.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,771.00 | ↑ +116% |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,106.00 | ↑ +157% |
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CT heart w/evaluation of calcium without contrast at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $469.70 | $86.58 – $1,342.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $469.70 | $86.58 – $1,342.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $826.08 | $86.58 – $140.47 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $79.00 | $47.40 – $1,841.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $217.63 | $44.79 – $1,841.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $218.90 | $83.05 – $1,841.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $79.00 | $61.88 – $1,841.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $217.63 | $83.05 – $1,841.00 |