Enzyme cell activity ra 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.

$36.99 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $476.40 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 $36.99
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $36.99
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $36.99
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $36.99
United MGMCD $37.73
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $39.95
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $40.69
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $40.69
Molina Healthcare STAR $40.69
Molina Healthcare CHIP $40.69
Oscar MGMCR $43.15
Devoted Health MGMCR $44.03
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $44.03
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $44.03
United AllPayerAppendix $44.03
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $44.03
United SmallGroup $44.03
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $44.03
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $44.03
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $44.03
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $44.03
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $44.03
BCBS MCRPPO $44.03
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $44.03
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $44.03
WellMed MGMCR $44.25
Van Lang IPA MCR $44.47
United MCR $44.91
WellCare SNP $45.35
WellCare PPO $45.35
WellCare PFFS $45.35
WellCare MCRHMO $45.35
WellCare POS $45.35
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $45.35
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $46.23
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $46.23
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $46.23
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $46.23
Superior Health Plan PFFS $46.23
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $46.23
Shared Health MGMCR $46.23
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $46.23
American Health Plan MGMCR $46.23
Humana MCD $46.24
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $46.67
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $46.67
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $46.67
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $46.67
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $46.67
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $47.65
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $47.65
Molina MGMCR $47.99
Verda Health Plan MCR $57.24
Superior ValueHMO $63.84
Community Health Choice HIX $63.84
Superior EPO $68.25
Superior HMO $68.25
BCBS MyBlueHealth $88.94
Molina Healthcare HIX $94.66
BCBS BAV $98.19
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $106.99
BCBS HMO $122.84
Oscar HIX $127.25
BCBS EPOSOA $131.65
BCBS PPO $140.46
Aetna QHPExchange $161.28
Cigna CSN $181.21
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $196.28
Aetna NBHMO $214.48
Aetna NBPOS $214.48
Aetna NBPPO $214.48
Aetna COMMPPO $227.86
Aetna COMMHMO $227.86
Aetna COMMPOS $227.86
Cigna PPO $233.52
Aetna OONHMO $267.68
Aetna OONPOS $267.68
Aetna OONPPO $267.68
Aetna ASAHMO $289.43
Aetna ASAPOS $289.43
Aetna ASAPPO $289.43
Humana HMO $476.40
Humana PPO $476.40
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Enzyme cell activity ra at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $36.25 – $181.21
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $36.99 – $181.21
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $255.00 $10.00 – $318.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $276.60 $12.00 – $414.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $276.60 $12.00 – $345.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $255.00 $10.00 – $318.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $276.60 $12.00 – $414.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $276.60 $8.00 – $414.90

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