Fresh frozen plasma 8-24 hours collection each unit 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

$518.01

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.

$518.01

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.

$31.08 with Superior Health Plan vs $723.10 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $31.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $31.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $31.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $31.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $31.08 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $51.00 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $51.00 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $51.00 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $51.00 ↓ -90%
United MGMCD $52.02 ↓ -90%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $55.08 ↓ -89%
Cigna CSN $76.67 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $82.88 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $84.44 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $87.03 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $93.24 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $98.42 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $101.01 ↓ -81%
BCBS HMO $116.55 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $119.14 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $121.21 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $132.09 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $141.42 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $181.30 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $207.20 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $207.20 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $233.10 ↓ -55%
Aetna QHPExchange $269.15 ↓ -48%
Coventry National First Health COMM $276.10 ↓ -47%
Aetna NBHMO $357.93 ↓ -31%
Aetna NBPOS $357.93 ↓ -31%
Aetna NBPPO $357.93 ↓ -31%
Aetna COMMPPO $380.27 ↓ -27%
Aetna COMMPOS $380.27 ↓ -27%
Aetna COMMHMO $380.27 ↓ -27%
Aetna OONPPO $446.72 ↓ -14%
Aetna OONHMO $446.72 ↓ -14%
Aetna OONPOS $446.72 ↓ -14%
Aetna ASAPPO $483.02 ↓ -7%
Aetna ASAPOS $483.02 ↓ -7%
Aetna ASAHMO $483.02 ↓ -7%
Humana PPO $723.10 ↑ +40%
Humana HMO $723.10 ↑ +40%

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Fresh frozen plasma 8-24 hours collection each unit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $51.00 – $723.10
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $51.00 – $723.10
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $18.06 not published
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $134.05 $47.00 – $766.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $134.05 $47.00 – $766.00
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $89.25 $38.25 – $127.50
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $134.05 $47.00 – $850.26
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $18.23 $73.77 – $77.83

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