Diagnostic Mammogram (one breast) at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
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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.
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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.
$83.99 with Oscar vs $1,658.02 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.
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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| Oscar | MGMCR | $83.99 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $85.59 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $85.59 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $85.70 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $85.70 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $85.70 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $85.70 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $85.70 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $85.70 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $85.70 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $85.70 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $85.70 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $85.70 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $85.70 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $86.13 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $86.56 | — |
| United | MCR | $87.41 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $88.27 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $88.27 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $88.27 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $88.27 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $88.27 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $88.27 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $89.99 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $89.99 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $89.99 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $89.99 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $89.99 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $89.99 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $89.99 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $89.99 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $89.99 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $90.84 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $90.84 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $90.84 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $90.84 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $90.84 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $93.41 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $111.41 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $124.27 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $124.27 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $132.84 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $132.84 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $165.55 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $173.70 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $184.25 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $205.70 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $205.70 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $209.75 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $274.00 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $319.80 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $342.38 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $364.01 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $516.00 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $521.58 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $559.00 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $665.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $693.23 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $693.23 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $693.23 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $737.44 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $737.44 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $737.44 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $867.10 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $867.10 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $867.10 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $937.08 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $937.08 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $937.08 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $1,658.02 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1,658.02 | — |
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Diagnostic Mammogram (one breast) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $449.40 | $112.87 – $1,284.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $449.40 | $132.62 – $1,284.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $83.99 – $184.25 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $83.99 – $184.25 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $272.16 | $77.11 – $385.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $272.16 | $56.02 – $408.24 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $272.16 | $54.43 – $340.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $272.16 | $72.58 – $385.56 |