Ghs sensitivity (per antimicro) 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.

$6.28 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $357.08 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
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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 $6.28
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $6.28
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $6.28
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $6.28
United MGMCD $6.41
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $6.78
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $6.91
Molina Healthcare CHIP $6.91
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $6.91
Molina Healthcare STAR $6.91
Oscar MGMCR $7.33
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $7.48
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $7.48
United AllPayerAppendix $7.48
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $7.48
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $7.48
Devoted Health MGMCR $7.48
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $7.48
United SmallGroup $7.48
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $7.48
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $7.48
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $7.48
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $7.48
BCBS MCRPPO $7.48
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $7.48
WellMed MGMCR $7.52
Van Lang IPA MCR $7.55
United MCR $7.63
WellCare MCRHMO $7.70
WellCare POS $7.70
WellCare PFFS $7.70
WellCare PPO $7.70
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $7.70
WellCare SNP $7.70
American Health Plan MGMCR $7.85
Humana MCD $7.85
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $7.85
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $7.85
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $7.85
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $7.85
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $7.85
Superior Health Plan PFFS $7.85
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $7.85
Shared Health MGMCR $7.85
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $7.93
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $7.93
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $7.93
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $7.93
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $7.93
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $8.10
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8.10
Molina MGMCR $8.15
Verda Health Plan MCR $9.72
Community Health Choice HIX $10.85
Superior ValueHMO $10.85
Superior EPO $11.59
Superior HMO $11.59
BCBS MyBlueHealth $15.11
Molina Healthcare HIX $16.08
BCBS BAV $16.68
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $20.68
BCBS HMO $20.87
Oscar HIX $21.62
BCBS EPOSOA $22.37
BCBS PPO $23.86
Aetna QHPExchange $27.38
Cigna CSN $30.66
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $33.21
Aetna NBPPO $36.41
Aetna NBPOS $36.41
Aetna NBHMO $36.41
Aetna COMMHMO $38.68
Aetna COMMPPO $38.68
Aetna COMMPOS $38.68
Cigna PPO $39.51
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $40.20
Superior Health Plan CHIP $40.20
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $40.20
Superior Health Plan STAR $40.20
Superior Health Plan STARKids $40.20
Aetna OONPPO $45.44
Aetna OONPOS $45.44
Aetna OONHMO $45.44
Aetna ASAHMO $49.13
Aetna ASAPPO $49.13
Aetna ASAPOS $49.13
Humana HMO $92.08
Humana PPO $92.08
United OptionsPPO $112.55
Evry Health BroadNetwork $182.90
BCBS Traditional $234.48
United GlobalAppendix $301.48
Coventry National First Health COMM $357.08
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Ghs sensitivity (per antimicro) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $54.95 $5.39 – $157.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $54.95 $5.39 – $157.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $6.28 – $30.66
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $99.71 $6.73 – $28.80
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $79.31 $6.28 – $99.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $98.18 $10.97 – $147.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $95.89 $6.28 – $119.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $79.31 $6.28 – $99.14

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