Culture mycoplasma any source 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.

$12.93 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $395.04 with Coventry National First Health — 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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $12.93
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $12.93
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $12.93
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $12.93
United MGMCD $13.19
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $13.96
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $14.22
Molina Healthcare CHIP $14.22
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $14.22
Molina Healthcare STAR $14.22
Oscar MGMCR $15.08
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $15.39
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $15.39
United AllPayerAppendix $15.39
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $15.39
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $15.39
Devoted Health MGMCR $15.39
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $15.39
United SmallGroup $15.39
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $15.39
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $15.39
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $15.39
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $15.39
BCBS MCRPPO $15.39
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $15.39
WellMed MGMCR $15.47
Van Lang IPA MCR $15.54
United MCR $15.70
WellCare MCRHMO $15.85
WellCare POS $15.85
WellCare PFFS $15.85
WellCare PPO $15.85
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $15.85
WellCare SNP $15.85
American Health Plan MGMCR $16.16
Humana MCD $16.16
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $16.16
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $16.16
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $16.16
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $16.16
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $16.16
Superior Health Plan PFFS $16.16
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $16.16
Shared Health MGMCR $16.16
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $16.31
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $16.31
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $16.31
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $16.31
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $16.31
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $16.66
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $16.66
Molina MGMCR $16.78
Verda Health Plan MCR $20.01
Superior ValueHMO $22.32
Community Health Choice HIX $22.32
Superior EPO $23.85
Superior HMO $23.85
BCBS MyBlueHealth $31.09
Molina Healthcare HIX $33.09
BCBS BAV $34.32
BCBS HMO $42.94
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $44.47
Superior Health Plan STAR $44.47
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $44.47
Superior Health Plan CHIP $44.47
Superior Health Plan STARKids $44.47
Oscar HIX $44.48
BCBS EPOSOA $46.02
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $46.17
BCBS PPO $49.09
Aetna QHPExchange $56.39
Cigna CSN $62.74
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $67.96
Aetna NBHMO $75.00
Aetna NBPOS $75.00
Aetna NBPPO $75.00
Aetna COMMPPO $79.68
Aetna COMMHMO $79.68
Aetna COMMPOS $79.68
Cigna PPO $80.85
Aetna OONHMO $93.60
Aetna OONPPO $93.60
Aetna OONPOS $93.60
Aetna ASAPOS $101.20
Aetna ASAPPO $101.20
Aetna ASAHMO $101.20
United OptionsPPO $124.51
Evry Health BroadNetwork $202.34
Humana PPO $205.58
Humana HMO $205.58
BCBS Traditional $259.41
United GlobalAppendix $333.52
Coventry National First Health COMM $395.04
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