Cyanocobalamin unsat binding capacity 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.

$12.03 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $191.30 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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $12.03
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $12.03
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $12.03
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $12.03
United MGMCD $12.27
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $12.99
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $13.23
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $13.23
Molina Healthcare STAR $13.23
Molina Healthcare CHIP $13.23
Oscar MGMCR $14.03
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.32
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.32
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $14.32
United AllPayerAppendix $14.32
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $14.32
United SmallGroup $14.32
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.32
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.32
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $14.32
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $14.32
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $14.32
BCBS MCRPPO $14.32
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.32
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $14.32
WellMed MGMCR $14.39
Van Lang IPA MCR $14.46
United MCR $14.61
WellCare SNP $14.75
WellCare PPO $14.75
WellCare PFFS $14.75
WellCare MCRHMO $14.75
WellCare POS $14.75
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $14.75
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $15.04
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $15.04
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $15.04
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $15.04
Superior Health Plan PFFS $15.04
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $15.04
Shared Health MGMCR $15.04
Humana MCD $15.04
American Health Plan MGMCR $15.04
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $15.04
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $15.18
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $15.18
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $15.18
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $15.18
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $15.18
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $15.50
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $15.50
Molina MGMCR $15.61
Verda Health Plan MCR $18.62
Community Health Choice HIX $20.76
Superior ValueHMO $20.76
Superior HMO $22.20
Superior EPO $22.20
BCBS MyBlueHealth $28.93
Molina Healthcare HIX $30.79
BCBS BAV $31.93
BCBS HMO $39.95
Oscar HIX $41.38
BCBS EPOSOA $42.82
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $42.96
BCBS PPO $45.68
Aetna QHPExchange $52.44
Cigna CSN $58.54
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $63.41
Aetna NBHMO $69.74
Aetna NBPPO $69.74
Aetna NBPOS $69.74
Aetna COMMHMO $74.09
Aetna COMMPOS $74.09
Aetna COMMPPO $74.09
Cigna PPO $75.44
Aetna OONHMO $87.04
Aetna OONPPO $87.04
Aetna OONPOS $87.04
Aetna ASAPPO $94.11
Aetna ASAPOS $94.11
Aetna ASAHMO $94.11
Humana HMO $191.30
Humana PPO $191.30
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Cyanocobalamin unsat binding capacity at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $25.90 $10.31 – $74.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $25.90 $10.31 – $74.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $11.79 – $58.54
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $12.03 – $58.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $58.20 $11.98 – $87.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $58.20 $12.00 – $72.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $58.20 $12.00 – $87.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $58.20 $8.00 – $87.30

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