Echo guide for amniocentesis at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
$4,219.40
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.
$4,219.40
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.
$23.46 with BCBS vs $3,375.52 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance — 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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| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $23.46 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BAV | $29.73 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | HMO | $45.32 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $48.52 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | PPO | $51.59 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $83.40 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $110.85 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $110.85 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $110.85 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $117.92 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $117.92 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $117.92 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $138.65 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $138.65 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $138.65 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $149.84 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $149.84 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $149.84 | ↓ -96% |
| Humana | HMO | $229.08 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | PPO | $229.08 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $253.16 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $253.16 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $253.16 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $253.16 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $253.16 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $548.52 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $548.52 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $548.52 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $548.52 | ↓ -87% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $708.86 | ↓ -83% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,075.95 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $1,139.24 | ↓ -73% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $1,151.90 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,476.79 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,687.76 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,687.76 | ↓ -60% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,898.73 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $2,248.94 | ↓ -47% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $3,375.52 | ↓ -20% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Echo guide for amniocentesis at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $272.30 | $16.00 – $778.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $272.30 | $18.80 – $778.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $23.46 – $229.08 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $23.46 – $229.08 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $304.49 | $26.66 – $431.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $377.11 | $44.79 – $565.67 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $61.82 | $12.36 – $77.27 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $304.49 | $30.53 – $431.37 |