Histamine at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
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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.
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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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$24.81 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $558.11 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $24.81 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $24.81 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $24.81 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $24.81 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $25.31 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $26.79 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $27.29 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $27.29 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $27.29 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $27.29 | — |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $28.94 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $29.53 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $29.53 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $29.53 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $29.53 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $29.53 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $29.53 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $29.53 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $29.53 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $29.53 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $29.53 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $29.53 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $29.53 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $29.53 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $29.53 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $29.68 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $29.83 | — |
| United | MCR | $30.12 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $30.42 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $30.42 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $30.42 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $30.42 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $30.42 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $30.42 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $31.01 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $31.01 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $31.01 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $31.01 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $31.01 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $31.01 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $31.01 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $31.01 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $31.01 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $31.01 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $31.30 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $31.30 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $31.30 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $31.30 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $31.30 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $31.96 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $31.96 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $32.19 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $38.39 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $42.82 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $42.82 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $45.77 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $45.77 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $59.65 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $62.83 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $62.83 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $62.83 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $62.83 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $62.83 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $63.49 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $65.85 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $82.39 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $85.34 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $88.29 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $88.60 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $94.20 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $108.16 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $121.28 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $131.37 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $143.84 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $143.84 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $143.84 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $152.82 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $152.82 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $152.82 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $156.30 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $175.92 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $179.52 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $179.52 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $179.52 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $194.11 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $194.11 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $194.11 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $285.86 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $366.49 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $394.50 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $394.50 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $471.20 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $558.11 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Histamine at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $9.23 | $24.81 – $121.28 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $24.31 – $121.28 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $154.66 | $10.00 – $193.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $189.64 | $12.00 – $284.46 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $177.58 | $12.00 – $221.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $154.66 | $10.00 – $193.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $189.64 | $12.00 – $284.46 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $189.64 | $8.00 – $284.46 |