Hpa-3 genotyping 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.

$102.66 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,632.63 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+PLUS $102.66
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $102.66
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $102.66
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $102.66
United MGMCD $104.71
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $110.87
Molina Healthcare STAR $112.93
Molina Healthcare CHIP $112.93
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $112.93
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $112.93
Oscar MGMCR $119.78
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $122.22
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $122.22
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $122.22
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $122.22
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $122.22
United AllPayerAppendix $122.22
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $122.22
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $122.22
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $122.22
BCBS MCRPPO $122.22
Devoted Health MGMCR $122.22
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $122.22
United SmallGroup $122.22
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $122.22
WellMed MGMCR $122.83
Van Lang IPA MCR $123.44
United MCR $124.66
WellCare SNP $125.89
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $125.89
WellCare PPO $125.89
WellCare PFFS $125.89
WellCare POS $125.89
WellCare MCRHMO $125.89
Humana MCD $128.32
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $128.33
Superior Health Plan PFFS $128.33
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $128.33
Shared Health MGMCR $128.33
American Health Plan MGMCR $128.33
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $128.33
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $128.33
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $128.33
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $128.33
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $129.55
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $129.55
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $129.55
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $129.55
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $129.55
Molina MGMCR $133.22
Verda Health Plan MCR $158.89
Community Health Choice HIX $177.22
Superior ValueHMO $177.22
Superior EPO $189.44
Superior HMO $189.44
BCBS MyBlueHealth $246.88
Molina Healthcare HIX $262.77
BCBS BAV $272.55
BCBS HMO $340.99
Oscar HIX $353.22
BCBS EPOSOA $365.44
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $366.66
BCBS PPO $389.88
Aetna QHPExchange $447.73
Cigna CSN $503.23
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $545.07
Aetna NBHMO $595.42
Aetna NBPPO $595.42
Aetna NBPOS $595.42
Aetna COMMPOS $632.58
Aetna COMMHMO $632.58
Aetna COMMPPO $632.58
Cigna PPO $648.51
Aetna OONPOS $743.12
Aetna OONPPO $743.12
Aetna OONHMO $743.12
Aetna ASAPOS $803.50
Aetna ASAHMO $803.50
Aetna ASAPPO $803.50
Humana PPO $1,632.63
Humana HMO $1,632.63
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Hpa-3 genotyping at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $100.61 – $503.23
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $102.66 – $503.23
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,081.50 $35.00 – $293.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $147.17 $18.07 – $293.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $147.17 $36.00 – $293.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,081.50 $35.00 – $293.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $147.17 $36.00 – $293.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $147.17 $26.00 – $293.33

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