I-123 sod iodide diag per 100 uci 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.

$45.34 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,113.77 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 CHPFC $45.34
Superior Health Plan STAR $45.34
Superior Health Plan STARKids $45.34
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $45.34
Superior Health Plan CHIP $45.34
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $98.24
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $98.24
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $98.24
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $98.24
United OptionsPPO $126.96
Oscar HIX $147.37
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $192.71
United SmallGroup $199.50
United AllPayerAppendix $199.50
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $199.50
Molina Healthcare HIX $204.05
Evry Health BroadNetwork $206.31
Aetna NBHMO $242.59
Aetna NBPOS $242.59
Aetna NBPPO $242.59
Aetna COMMPPO $258.46
Aetna COMMHMO $258.46
Aetna COMMPOS $258.46
Cigna CSN $262.23
BCBS Traditional $264.51
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $283.90
Curative Administrators COMM $302.29
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $302.29
Aetna OONPPO $303.05
Aetna OONPOS $303.05
Aetna OONHMO $303.05
Aetna ASAHMO $327.23
Aetna ASAPPO $327.23
Aetna ASAPOS $327.23
Cigna PPO $338.08
United GlobalAppendix $340.08
BCBS MyBlueHealth $353.05
BCBS BAV $389.08
Coventry National First Health COMM $402.80
BCBS HMO $486.35
BCBS PPO $486.35
BCBS EPOSOA $486.35
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $604.58
Humana HMO $2,113.77
Humana PPO $2,113.77

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I-123 sod iodide diag per 100 uci at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $198.45 $100.00 – $567.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $198.45 $100.00 – $567.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $199.50 – $2,113.77
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $199.50 – $2,113.77
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $1,026.00 $199.50 – $2,113.77
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $198.60 $100.00 – $425.56
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $92.93 $67.65 – $477.90
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $21.00 $71.40 – $140.00

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