Inj multihance 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

$458.05

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.

$458.05

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.

$1.82 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $366.44 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance — 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1.82 ↓ -100%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1.82 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $2.97 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $2.97 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2.97 ↓ -99%
Cigna CSN $4.21 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4.23 ↓ -99%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $4.56 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $4.67 ↓ -99%
Cigna PPO $5.43 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $5.83 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $5.83 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $5.83 ↓ -99%
Humana HMO $19.87 ↓ -96%
Humana PPO $19.87 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $27.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $27.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $27.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $27.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $27.48 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $59.55 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $59.55 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $59.55 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $59.55 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $76.95 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare HIX $123.67 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $160.32 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $206.12 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $244.14 ↓ -47%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $366.44 ↓ -20%

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Inj multihance at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $64.28 $1.94 – $17.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $64.28 $2.35 – $17.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1.80 – $19.87
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1.82 – $19.87
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $410.96 $8.32 – $8.32
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $283.77 $1.97 – $402.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $283.77 $1.97 – $425.65
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $283.77 $1.97 – $378.36

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