I-123 ioflupane 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

$21,984.36

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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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$21,984.36

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.

$1,319.06 with Superior Health Plan vs $28,845.98 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 CHIP $1,319.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,319.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,319.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $1,319.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1,319.06 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,289.77 ↓ -90%
United SmallGroup $2,289.77 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,289.77 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $2,857.97 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $2,857.97 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $2,857.97 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $2,857.97 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $3,693.37 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $4,286.95 ↓ -81%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4,817.93 ↓ -78%
BCBS BAV $5,309.56 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,606.01 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $6,001.73 ↓ -73%
Cigna CSN $6,398.09 ↓ -71%
BCBS EPOSOA $6,636.95 ↓ -70%
BCBS PPO $6,636.95 ↓ -70%
BCBS HMO $6,636.95 ↓ -70%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $6,926.86 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $7,056.98 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $7,056.98 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $7,056.98 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPPO $7,518.65 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $7,518.65 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $7,518.65 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $7,694.53 ↓ -65%
Cigna PPO $8,248.78 ↓ -62%
Curative Administrators COMM $8,793.74 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $8,793.74 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $8,815.73 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $8,815.73 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $8,815.73 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPOS $9,519.23 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $9,519.23 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $9,519.23 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $9,892.96 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $11,717.66 ↓ -47%
Humana HMO $28,845.98 ↑ +31%
Humana PPO $28,845.98 ↑ +31%

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I-123 ioflupane diag at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $4,077.15 $100.00 – $11,649.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $4,077.15 $100.00 – $11,649.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $2,289.77 – $28,845.98
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $2,289.77 – $28,845.98
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $8,291.92 $2,289.77 – $28,845.98
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $10,149.81 $2,289.77 – $28,845.98
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $5,822.50 $2,289.77 – $28,845.98
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $4,077.15 $100.00 – $11,649.00

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