Fresh frozen plasma thawing ea un 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

$169.65

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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$169.65

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.

$10.18 with Superior Health Plan vs $149.16 with United — 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 CHIP $10.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $10.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $10.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $10.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $10.18 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $22.05 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $22.05 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $22.05 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $22.05 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $25.11 ↓ -85%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $26.20 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $27.14 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $28.50 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $28.92 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $32.23 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $33.08 ↓ -81%
BCBS HMO $36.19 ↓ -79%
BCBS EPOSOA $38.78 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $41.37 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $43.26 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $46.31 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $54.14 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $54.14 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $59.38 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $67.86 ↓ -60%
Aetna QHPExchange $75.67 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $76.34 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $90.42 ↓ -47%
Aetna NBPOS $100.64 ↓ -41%
Aetna NBPPO $100.64 ↓ -41%
Aetna NBHMO $100.64 ↓ -41%
Aetna COMMPPO $106.92 ↓ -37%
Aetna COMMHMO $106.92 ↓ -37%
Aetna COMMPOS $106.92 ↓ -37%
Aetna OONPPO $125.60 ↓ -26%
Aetna OONHMO $125.60 ↓ -26%
Aetna OONPOS $125.60 ↓ -26%
Aetna ASAPOS $135.81 ↓ -20%
Aetna ASAHMO $135.81 ↓ -20%
Aetna ASAPPO $135.81 ↓ -20%
United SmallGroup $149.16 ↓ -12%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $149.16 ↓ -12%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -12%
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Fresh frozen plasma thawing ea un at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $187.00 $26.20 – $211.96
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $140.68 $26.20 – $211.96
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $114.35 $10.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $196.84 $12.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $196.84 $12.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $114.35 $10.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $196.84 $12.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $196.84 $8.00 – $423.12

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