I-123 iobenguane diag 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

$7,582.30

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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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$7,582.30

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.

$454.94 with Superior Health Plan vs $69,008.00 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

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 CHPFC $454.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $454.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $454.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $454.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $454.94 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $985.70 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $985.70 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $985.70 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $985.70 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $1,273.83 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $1,478.55 ↓ -80%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,933.49 ↓ -74%
Aetna QHPExchange $2,009.31 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,069.97 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $2,433.92 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $2,433.92 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $2,433.92 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,593.15 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,593.15 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,593.15 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $2,653.80 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3,032.92 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $3,032.92 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $3,040.50 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $3,040.50 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $3,040.50 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPOS $3,283.14 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $3,283.14 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $3,283.14 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $3,412.03 ↓ -55%
United SmallGroup $3,823.88 ↓ -50%
United AllPayerAppendix $3,823.88 ↓ -50%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3,823.88 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $4,041.37 ↓ -47%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $11,525.90 ↑ +52%
Cigna CSN $12,609.60 ↑ +66%
BCBS BAV $12,702.01 ↑ +68%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $13,651.72 ↑ +80%
BCBS HMO $15,877.51 ↑ +109%
BCBS EPOSOA $15,877.51 ↑ +109%
BCBS PPO $15,877.51 ↑ +109%
Cigna PPO $16,257.01 ↑ +114%
Humana HMO $69,008.00 ↑ +810%
Humana PPO $69,008.00 ↑ +810%

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I-123 iobenguane diag at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $5,995.85 $3,630.92 – $17,131.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $5,995.85 $2,962.83 – $17,131.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $3,823.88 – $69,008.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $3,823.88 – $69,008.00
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $8,817.58 $3,823.88 – $69,008.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $899.15 $654.59 – $5,138.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $5,995.85 $2,962.83 – $17,131.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $5,995.85 $2,962.83 – $17,131.00

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