Growth hormone antibody 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.

$13.22 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $210.23 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 $13.22
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $13.22
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $13.22
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $13.22
United MGMCD $13.48
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $14.28
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $14.54
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $14.54
Molina Healthcare STAR $14.54
Molina Healthcare CHIP $14.54
Oscar MGMCR $15.43
Devoted Health MGMCR $15.74
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $15.74
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $15.74
United AllPayerAppendix $15.74
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $15.74
United SmallGroup $15.74
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $15.74
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $15.74
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $15.74
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $15.74
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $15.74
BCBS MCRPPO $15.74
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $15.74
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $15.74
WellMed MGMCR $15.82
Van Lang IPA MCR $15.90
United MCR $16.05
WellCare SNP $16.21
WellCare PPO $16.21
WellCare PFFS $16.21
WellCare MCRHMO $16.21
WellCare POS $16.21
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $16.21
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $16.53
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $16.53
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $16.53
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $16.53
Superior Health Plan PFFS $16.53
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $16.53
Shared Health MGMCR $16.53
Humana MCD $16.53
American Health Plan MGMCR $16.53
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $16.53
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $16.68
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $16.68
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $16.68
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $16.68
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $16.68
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $17.04
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $17.04
Molina MGMCR $17.16
Verda Health Plan MCR $20.46
Community Health Choice HIX $22.82
Superior ValueHMO $22.82
Superior HMO $24.40
Superior EPO $24.40
BCBS MyBlueHealth $31.79
Molina Healthcare HIX $33.84
BCBS BAV $35.10
BCBS HMO $43.91
Oscar HIX $45.49
BCBS EPOSOA $47.06
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $47.22
BCBS PPO $50.21
Aetna QHPExchange $57.65
Cigna CSN $64.13
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $69.46
Aetna NBHMO $76.66
Aetna NBPPO $76.66
Aetna NBPOS $76.66
Aetna COMMHMO $81.45
Aetna COMMPOS $81.45
Aetna COMMPPO $81.45
Cigna PPO $82.64
Aetna OONHMO $95.68
Aetna OONPPO $95.68
Aetna OONPOS $95.68
Aetna ASAPPO $103.45
Aetna ASAPOS $103.45
Aetna ASAHMO $103.45
Humana HMO $210.23
Humana PPO $210.23
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Growth hormone antibody at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $13.22 – $64.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $72.60 $12.00 – $108.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $72.60 $12.00 – $90.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $72.60 $12.00 – $108.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $72.60 $8.00 – $108.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $72.60 $12.00 – $108.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $72.60 $13.22 – $90.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $72.60 $12.00 – $108.90

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