Hematocrit 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.

$1.50 with Superior Health Plan vs $31.70 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.50
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.50
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1.50
Superior Health Plan STAR $1.50
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.50
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1.99
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1.99
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1.99
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1.99
United MGMCD $2.03
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $2.15
Molina Healthcare STAR $2.19
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $2.19
Molina Healthcare CHIP $2.19
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $2.19
Oscar MGMCR $2.32
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $2.37
United AllPayerAppendix $2.37
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $2.37
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $2.37
Devoted Health MGMCR $2.37
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $2.37
BCBS MCRPPO $2.37
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $2.37
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $2.37
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $2.37
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $2.37
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $2.37
United SmallGroup $2.37
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2.37
WellMed MGMCR $2.38
Van Lang IPA MCR $2.39
United MCR $2.42
WellCare PFFS $2.44
WellCare SNP $2.44
WellCare PPO $2.44
WellCare POS $2.44
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $2.44
WellCare MCRHMO $2.44
American Health Plan MGMCR $2.49
Humana MCD $2.49
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $2.49
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $2.49
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $2.49
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $2.49
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $2.49
Superior Health Plan PFFS $2.49
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $2.49
Shared Health MGMCR $2.49
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $2.51
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $2.51
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $2.51
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $2.51
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $2.51
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $2.57
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2.57
Molina MGMCR $2.58
Verda Health Plan MCR $3.08
Community Health Choice HIX $3.44
Superior ValueHMO $3.44
Superior EPO $3.67
Superior HMO $3.67
United OptionsPPO $4.21
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4.79
Molina Healthcare HIX $5.10
BCBS BAV $5.29
BCBS HMO $6.61
Evry Health BroadNetwork $6.84
Oscar HIX $6.85
BCBS EPOSOA $7.09
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $7.12
BCBS PPO $7.56
Aetna QHPExchange $8.68
BCBS Traditional $8.77
Cigna CSN $9.74
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $10.55
United GlobalAppendix $11.28
Aetna NBPPO $11.54
Aetna NBPOS $11.54
Aetna NBHMO $11.54
Aetna COMMPPO $12.26
Aetna COMMPOS $12.26
Aetna COMMHMO $12.26
Cigna PPO $12.55
Coventry National First Health COMM $13.36
Aetna OONPPO $14.40
Aetna OONPOS $14.40
Aetna OONHMO $14.40
Aetna ASAPOS $15.57
Aetna ASAHMO $15.57
Aetna ASAPPO $15.57
Humana PPO $31.70
Humana HMO $31.70
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Hematocrit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $77.70 $1.71 – $222.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $273.00 $1.95 – $9.74
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $77.70 $1.71 – $222.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1.99 – $9.74
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $64.20 $2.13 – $9.12
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $45.98 $1.99 – $57.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $48.59 $3.48 – $72.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $48.59 $1.99 – $60.73

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