H pylori drug admin 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.

$6.60 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $104.95 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 $6.60
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $6.60
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $6.60
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $6.60
United MGMCD $6.73
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $7.13
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $7.26
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $7.26
Molina Healthcare STAR $7.26
Molina Healthcare CHIP $7.26
Oscar MGMCR $7.70
Devoted Health MGMCR $7.86
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $7.86
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $7.86
United AllPayerAppendix $7.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $7.86
United SmallGroup $7.86
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $7.86
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $7.86
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $7.86
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $7.86
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $7.86
BCBS MCRPPO $7.86
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $7.86
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $7.86
WellMed MGMCR $7.90
Van Lang IPA MCR $7.94
United MCR $8.02
WellCare SNP $8.10
WellCare PPO $8.10
WellCare PFFS $8.10
WellCare MCRHMO $8.10
WellCare POS $8.10
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $8.10
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $8.25
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $8.25
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $8.25
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $8.25
Superior Health Plan PFFS $8.25
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $8.25
Shared Health MGMCR $8.25
Humana MCD $8.25
American Health Plan MGMCR $8.25
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $8.25
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $8.33
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $8.33
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $8.33
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $8.33
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $8.33
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $8.51
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8.51
Molina MGMCR $8.57
Verda Health Plan MCR $10.22
Community Health Choice HIX $11.40
Superior ValueHMO $11.40
Superior HMO $12.18
Superior EPO $12.18
BCBS MyBlueHealth $15.88
Molina Healthcare HIX $16.90
BCBS BAV $17.53
BCBS HMO $21.93
Oscar HIX $22.72
BCBS EPOSOA $23.50
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $23.57
BCBS PPO $25.07
Aetna QHPExchange $28.78
Cigna CSN $32.04
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $34.71
Aetna NBHMO $38.27
Aetna NBPPO $38.27
Aetna NBPOS $38.27
Aetna COMMHMO $40.66
Aetna COMMPOS $40.66
Aetna COMMPPO $40.66
Cigna PPO $41.29
Aetna OONHMO $47.76
Aetna OONPPO $47.76
Aetna OONPOS $47.76
Aetna ASAPPO $51.64
Aetna ASAPOS $51.64
Aetna ASAHMO $51.64
Humana HMO $104.95
Humana PPO $104.95
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H pylori drug admin at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $6.47 – $32.04
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $6.60 – $32.04
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $46.00 $6.60 – $57.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $31.99 $6.58 – $47.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $37.46 $6.60 – $46.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $46.00 $6.60 – $57.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $31.99 $7.06 – $47.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $31.99 $6.60 – $47.98

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