Hc nm myocard infarct avid plnr tomo spect w/wo quant 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

$4,410.71

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.

$4,410.71

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.

$264.64 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,350.91 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
Superior Health Plan STAR $264.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $264.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $264.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $264.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $264.64 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $330.46 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $418.70 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $573.39 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $573.39 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $573.39 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $573.39 ↓ -87%
BCBS HMO $638.38 ↓ -86%
BCBS EPOSOA $683.45 ↓ -85%
BCBS PPO $726.63 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $741.00 ↓ -83%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $929.86 ↓ -79%
Aetna QHPExchange $996.86 ↓ -77%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -75%
United SmallGroup $1,101.15 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,124.73 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,204.12 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPOS $1,324.93 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBHMO $1,324.93 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBPPO $1,324.93 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $1,407.46 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $1,407.46 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,409.41 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,409.41 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,409.41 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $1,543.75 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONHMO $1,657.22 ↓ -62%
Aetna OONPOS $1,657.22 ↓ -62%
Aetna OONPPO $1,657.22 ↓ -62%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,764.28 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,764.28 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,790.98 ↓ -59%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,790.98 ↓ -59%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,790.98 ↓ -59%
United GlobalAppendix $1,984.82 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,350.91 ↓ -47%

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Hc nm myocard infarct avid plnr tomo spect w/wo quant at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $911.05 $225.31 – $2,603.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $9,046.00 $330.46 – $3,371.06
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $911.05 $264.74 – $2,603.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $330.46 – $3,371.06
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,490.58 $375.52 – $1,863.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,061.26 $218.44 – $1,591.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,231.62 $246.32 – $1,539.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,490.58 $397.49 – $1,863.22

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