Infect ag if legionella pneumophila 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.

$13.10 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $286.79 with Coventry National First Health — 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 CHIP $13.10
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $13.10
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $13.10
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $13.10
United MGMCD $13.36
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $14.15
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $14.41
Molina Healthcare CHIP $14.41
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $14.41
Molina Healthcare STAR $14.41
Oscar MGMCR $15.29
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $15.60
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $15.60
United AllPayerAppendix $15.60
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $15.60
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $15.60
Devoted Health MGMCR $15.60
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $15.60
United SmallGroup $15.60
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $15.60
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $15.60
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $15.60
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $15.60
BCBS MCRPPO $15.60
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $15.60
WellMed MGMCR $15.68
Van Lang IPA MCR $15.76
United MCR $15.91
WellCare MCRHMO $16.07
WellCare POS $16.07
WellCare PFFS $16.07
WellCare PPO $16.07
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $16.07
WellCare SNP $16.07
American Health Plan MGMCR $16.38
Humana MCD $16.38
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $16.38
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $16.38
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $16.38
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $16.38
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $16.38
Superior Health Plan PFFS $16.38
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $16.38
Shared Health MGMCR $16.38
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $16.54
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $16.54
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $16.54
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $16.54
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $16.54
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $16.88
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $16.88
Molina MGMCR $17.00
Verda Health Plan MCR $20.28
Superior ValueHMO $22.62
Community Health Choice HIX $22.62
Superior HMO $24.18
Superior EPO $24.18
BCBS MyBlueHealth $31.51
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $32.28
Superior Health Plan STAR $32.28
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $32.28
Superior Health Plan CHIP $32.28
Superior Health Plan STARKids $32.28
Molina Healthcare HIX $33.54
BCBS BAV $34.79
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $37.90
BCBS HMO $43.52
Oscar HIX $45.08
BCBS EPOSOA $46.64
BCBS PPO $49.76
Aetna QHPExchange $57.17
Cigna CSN $64.13
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $69.46
Aetna NBPOS $76.02
Aetna NBPPO $76.02
Aetna NBHMO $76.02
Aetna COMMPPO $80.77
Aetna COMMPOS $80.77
Aetna COMMHMO $80.77
Cigna PPO $82.64
United OptionsPPO $90.40
Aetna OONPOS $94.88
Aetna OONHMO $94.88
Aetna OONPPO $94.88
Aetna ASAPPO $102.59
Aetna ASAPOS $102.59
Aetna ASAHMO $102.59
Evry Health BroadNetwork $146.89
Humana PPO $168.79
Humana HMO $168.79
BCBS Traditional $188.32
United GlobalAppendix $242.13
Coventry National First Health COMM $286.79
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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $441.53 $13.10 – $64.13
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $126.02 $10.00 – $157.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $115.30 $12.00 – $172.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $115.30 $12.00 – $144.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $126.02 $10.00 – $157.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $115.30 $12.00 – $172.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $115.30 $8.00 – $172.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $115.30 $12.00 – $172.94

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