Hc pet myocardial imaging metabolic eval single study at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
not published by hospital
Cash price 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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
not published by hospital
Gross charge 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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$2,163.55 with BCBS vs $20,757.59 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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.
Full explanation →
?
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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $2,163.55 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $2,168.00 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $2,481.29 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $2,741.32 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $2,938.37 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,938.37 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $3,024.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $4,013.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $4,013.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $4,013.00 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $4,179.59 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $4,254.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $4,267.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $4,267.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $4,267.00 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $4,474.62 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $4,609.00 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $4,757.35 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $5,020.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $5,020.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $5,020.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $5,423.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $5,423.00 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $5,480.00 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $20,757.59 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $20,757.59 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Hc pet myocardial imaging metabolic eval single study at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $2,523.85 | $1,475.15 – $7,211.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $2,523.85 | $1,733.30 – $7,211.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $2,163.55 – $20,757.59 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $2,163.55 – $20,757.59 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,145.78 | $607.97 – $5,371.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $4,979.25 | $1,024.90 – $7,468.88 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $3,549.60 | $709.92 – $5,371.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,145.78 | $572.21 – $5,371.00 |