Cytotoxic antibody screening 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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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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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.

$66.07 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $850.99 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 $66.07
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $66.07
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $66.07
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $66.07
United MGMCD $67.39
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $71.36
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $72.68
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $72.68
Molina Healthcare STAR $72.68
Molina Healthcare CHIP $72.68
Oscar MGMCR $77.08
Devoted Health MGMCR $78.65
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $78.65
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $78.65
United AllPayerAppendix $78.65
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $78.65
United SmallGroup $78.65
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $78.65
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $78.65
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $78.65
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $78.65
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $78.65
BCBS MCRPPO $78.65
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $78.65
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $78.65
WellMed MGMCR $79.04
Van Lang IPA MCR $79.44
United MCR $80.22
WellCare SNP $81.01
WellCare PPO $81.01
WellCare PFFS $81.01
WellCare MCRHMO $81.01
WellCare POS $81.01
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $81.01
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $82.58
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $82.58
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $82.58
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $82.58
Superior Health Plan PFFS $82.58
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $82.58
Shared Health MGMCR $82.58
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $82.58
American Health Plan MGMCR $82.58
Humana MCD $82.59
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $83.37
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $83.37
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $83.37
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $83.37
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $83.37
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $85.12
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $85.12
Molina MGMCR $85.73
Verda Health Plan MCR $102.25
Superior ValueHMO $114.04
Community Health Choice HIX $114.04
Superior EPO $121.91
Superior HMO $121.91
BCBS MyBlueHealth $158.87
Molina Healthcare HIX $169.10
BCBS BAV $175.39
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $191.12
BCBS HMO $219.43
Oscar HIX $227.30
BCBS EPOSOA $235.16
BCBS PPO $250.89
Aetna QHPExchange $288.09
Cigna CSN $323.41
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $350.30
Aetna NBHMO $383.13
Aetna NBPOS $383.13
Aetna NBPPO $383.13
Aetna COMMPPO $407.03
Aetna COMMHMO $407.03
Aetna COMMPOS $407.03
Cigna PPO $416.77
Aetna OONHMO $478.16
Aetna OONPOS $478.16
Aetna OONPPO $478.16
Aetna ASAHMO $517.01
Aetna ASAPOS $517.01
Aetna ASAPPO $517.01
Humana HMO $850.99
Humana PPO $850.99
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Cytotoxic antibody screening at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $180.95 $56.63 – $517.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $180.95 $56.63 – $517.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $64.75 – $323.41
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $66.07 – $323.41
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $363.33 $10.00 – $454.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $363.33 $12.00 – $545.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $363.33 $12.00 – $454.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $363.33 $10.00 – $454.16

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