Dna probe chlamydia 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.

$19.11 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $283.98 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 $19.11
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $19.11
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $19.11
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $19.11
United MGMCD $19.49
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $20.64
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $21.02
Molina Healthcare CHIP $21.02
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $21.02
Molina Healthcare STAR $21.02
Oscar MGMCR $22.29
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $22.75
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $22.75
United AllPayerAppendix $22.75
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $22.75
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $22.75
Devoted Health MGMCR $22.75
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $22.75
United SmallGroup $22.75
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $22.75
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $22.75
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $22.75
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $22.75
BCBS MCRPPO $22.75
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $22.75
WellMed MGMCR $22.86
Van Lang IPA MCR $22.98
United MCR $23.21
WellCare MCRHMO $23.43
WellCare POS $23.43
WellCare PFFS $23.43
WellCare PPO $23.43
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $23.43
WellCare SNP $23.43
American Health Plan MGMCR $23.89
Humana MCD $23.89
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $23.89
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $23.89
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $23.89
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $23.89
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $23.89
Superior Health Plan PFFS $23.89
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $23.89
Shared Health MGMCR $23.89
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $24.12
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $24.12
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $24.12
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $24.12
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $24.12
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $24.62
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $24.62
Molina MGMCR $24.80
Verda Health Plan MCR $29.57
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $31.97
Superior Health Plan STAR $31.97
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $31.97
Superior Health Plan CHIP $31.97
Superior Health Plan STARKids $31.97
Superior ValueHMO $32.99
Community Health Choice HIX $32.99
Superior EPO $35.26
Superior HMO $35.26
BCBS MyBlueHealth $45.95
Molina Healthcare HIX $48.91
BCBS BAV $50.73
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $60.17
BCBS HMO $63.47
Oscar HIX $65.75
BCBS EPOSOA $68.02
BCBS PPO $72.57
Aetna QHPExchange $83.34
United OptionsPPO $89.51
Cigna CSN $93.40
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $101.16
Aetna NBHMO $110.83
Aetna NBPOS $110.83
Aetna NBPPO $110.83
Aetna COMMPOS $117.74
Aetna COMMHMO $117.74
Aetna COMMPPO $117.74
Cigna PPO $120.36
Aetna OONHMO $138.32
Aetna OONPOS $138.32
Aetna OONPPO $138.32
Evry Health BroadNetwork $145.45
Aetna ASAHMO $149.56
Aetna ASAPOS $149.56
Aetna ASAPPO $149.56
BCBS Traditional $186.48
United GlobalAppendix $239.76
Humana HMO $267.90
Humana PPO $267.90
Coventry National First Health COMM $283.98
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Dna probe chlamydia at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $457.97 $19.11 – $93.40
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $18.73 – $93.40
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $114.48 $10.00 – $143.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $99.55 $12.00 – $149.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $99.55 $12.00 – $124.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $114.48 $10.00 – $143.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $99.55 $12.00 – $149.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $99.55 $8.00 – $149.32

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