Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic each addl sequential IV push new substance/drug 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.

$20.37 with Superior Health Plan vs $180.99 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $20.37
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $20.37
Superior Health Plan STARKids $20.37
Superior Health Plan STAR $20.37
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $20.37
BCBS MyBlueHealth $39.64
BCBS BAV $43.71
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $44.14
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $44.14
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $44.14
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $44.14
Cigna CSN $50.26
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $54.33
BCBS EPOSOA $54.72
BCBS PPO $54.72
BCBS HMO $54.72
United OptionsPPO $57.05
Cigna PPO $64.52
Oscar HIX $66.22
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $86.59
Aetna QHPExchange $89.99
Evry Health BroadNetwork $92.70
Aetna NBPOS $109.00
Aetna NBHMO $109.00
Aetna NBPPO $109.00
Aetna COMMHMO $116.13
Aetna COMMPOS $116.13
Aetna COMMPPO $116.13
BCBS Traditional $118.85
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $135.83
Curative Administrators COMM $135.83
Aetna OONPOS $136.17
Aetna OONHMO $136.17
Aetna OONPPO $136.17
Aetna ASAPPO $147.03
Aetna ASAHMO $147.03
Aetna ASAPOS $147.03
United GlobalAppendix $152.81
Humana HMO $169.38
Humana PPO $169.38
Coventry National First Health COMM $180.99

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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic each addl sequential IV push new substance/drug at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $306.60 $19.99 – $876.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $306.60 $24.73 – $876.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $39.64 – $169.38
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $39.64 – $169.38
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $429.30 $65.22 – $65.22
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $235.24 $44.69 – $294.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $240.88 $49.58 – $361.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $255.96 $44.69 – $319.95

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