Infect ag ia optc obs influenza 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

$134.52

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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$134.52

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.

$8.07 with Superior Health Plan vs $179.07 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 STARPLUS $8.07 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $8.07 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $8.07 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $8.07 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $8.07 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $13.90 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $13.90 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $13.90 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $13.90 ↓ -90%
United MGMCD $14.18 ↓ -89%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $15.01 ↓ -89%
Molina Healthcare STAR $15.29 ↓ -89%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $15.29 ↓ -89%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $15.29 ↓ -89%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $15.29 ↓ -89%
Oscar MGMCR $16.22 ↓ -88%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $16.55 ↓ -88%
United AllPayerAppendix $16.55 ↓ -88%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.55 ↓ -88%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $16.55 ↓ -88%
Devoted Health MGMCR $16.55 ↓ -88%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.55 ↓ -88%
BCBS MCRPPO $16.55 ↓ -88%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $16.55 ↓ -88%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $16.55 ↓ -88%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $16.55 ↓ -88%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $16.55 ↓ -88%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $16.55 ↓ -88%
United SmallGroup $16.55 ↓ -88%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.55 ↓ -88%
WellMed MGMCR $16.63 ↓ -88%
Van Lang IPA MCR $16.72 ↓ -88%
United MCR $16.88 ↓ -87%
WellCare PFFS $17.05 ↓ -87%
WellCare SNP $17.05 ↓ -87%
WellCare PPO $17.05 ↓ -87%
WellCare POS $17.05 ↓ -87%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $17.05 ↓ -87%
WellCare MCRHMO $17.05 ↓ -87%
American Health Plan MGMCR $17.38 ↓ -87%
Humana MCD $17.38 ↓ -87%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $17.38 ↓ -87%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $17.38 ↓ -87%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $17.38 ↓ -87%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $17.38 ↓ -87%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $17.38 ↓ -87%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $17.38 ↓ -87%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $17.38 ↓ -87%
Shared Health MGMCR $17.38 ↓ -87%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $17.54 ↓ -87%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $17.54 ↓ -87%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $17.54 ↓ -87%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $17.54 ↓ -87%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $17.54 ↓ -87%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $17.91 ↓ -87%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $17.91 ↓ -87%
Molina MGMCR $18.04 ↓ -87%
Verda Health Plan MCR $21.52 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $22.60 ↓ -83%
Superior ValueHMO $24.00 ↓ -82%
Community Health Choice HIX $24.00 ↓ -82%
Superior EPO $25.65 ↓ -81%
Superior HMO $25.65 ↓ -81%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $33.43 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $35.58 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $36.72 ↓ -73%
BCBS BAV $36.91 ↓ -73%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $40.22 ↓ -70%
BCBS HMO $46.17 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $47.08 ↓ -65%
Oscar HIX $47.83 ↓ -64%
BCBS EPOSOA $49.48 ↓ -63%
BCBS PPO $52.79 ↓ -61%
United GlobalAppendix $60.53 ↓ -55%
Aetna QHPExchange $60.64 ↓ -55%
Cigna CSN $68.28 ↓ -49%
Coventry National First Health COMM $71.70 ↓ -47%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $73.96 ↓ -45%
Aetna NBHMO $80.64 ↓ -40%
Aetna NBPPO $80.64 ↓ -40%
Aetna NBPOS $80.64 ↓ -40%
Aetna COMMPPO $85.67 ↓ -36%
Aetna COMMHMO $85.67 ↓ -36%
Aetna COMMPOS $85.67 ↓ -36%
Cigna PPO $88.00 ↓ -35%
Aetna OONPOS $100.64 ↓ -25%
Aetna OONPPO $100.64 ↓ -25%
Aetna OONHMO $100.64 ↓ -25%
Aetna ASAHMO $108.82 ↓ -19%
Aetna ASAPPO $108.82 ↓ -19%
Aetna ASAPOS $108.82 ↓ -19%
Humana PPO $179.07 ↑ +33%
Humana HMO $179.07 ↑ +33%
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Infect ag ia optc obs influenza at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $51.10 $11.92 – $146.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $51.10 $11.92 – $146.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $13.62 – $68.28
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $13.90 – $68.28
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $93.18 $10.00 – $116.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $95.32 $12.00 – $142.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $114.50 $12.00 – $143.13
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