Fetal fibronectin 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

$2,952.78

Cash price

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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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$2,952.78

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.

$54.10 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,573.83 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

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 $54.10 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $54.10 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $54.10 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $54.10 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $55.18 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $58.43 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $59.51 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $59.51 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $59.51 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $59.51 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $63.12 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $64.41 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $64.41 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $64.41 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $64.41 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $64.41 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $64.41 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $64.41 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $64.41 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $64.41 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $64.41 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $64.41 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $64.41 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $64.41 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $64.41 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $64.73 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $65.05 ↓ -98%
United MCR $65.70 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $66.34 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $66.34 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $66.34 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $66.34 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $66.34 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $66.34 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $67.63 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $67.63 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $67.63 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $67.63 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $67.63 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $67.63 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $67.63 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $67.63 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $67.63 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $67.63 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $68.27 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $68.27 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $68.27 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $68.27 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $68.27 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $69.71 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $69.71 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $70.21 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $83.73 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $93.39 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice HIX $93.39 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $99.84 ↓ -97%
Superior HMO $99.84 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $130.11 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $138.48 ↓ -95%
BCBS BAV $143.63 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $177.17 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $177.17 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $177.17 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $177.17 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $177.17 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $179.70 ↓ -94%
Oscar HIX $186.14 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $192.59 ↓ -93%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $193.24 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $205.47 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPExchange $235.94 ↓ -92%
Cigna CSN $264.87 ↓ -91%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $286.89 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPPO $313.77 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBPOS $313.77 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBHMO $313.77 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPPO $333.35 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPOS $333.35 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMHMO $333.35 ↓ -89%
Cigna PPO $341.33 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONPOS $391.60 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONHMO $391.60 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPPO $391.60 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAHMO $423.42 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAPOS $423.42 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAPPO $423.42 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $496.07 ↓ -83%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $806.11 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $860.41 ↓ -71%
Humana HMO $860.41 ↓ -71%
BCBS Traditional $1,033.47 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $1,328.75 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,573.83 ↓ -47%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Fetal fibronectin at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $395.85 $46.38 – $1,131.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $2,364.00 $53.02 – $264.87
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $395.85 $46.38 – $1,131.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $54.10 – $264.87
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $521.65 $10.00 – $652.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $554.10 $12.00 – $831.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $537.95 $12.00 – $672.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $521.65 $10.00 – $652.07

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