Insulin total 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.

$9.60 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $325.45 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 $9.60
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $9.60
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $9.60
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $9.60
United MGMCD $9.79
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $10.37
Molina Healthcare CHIP $10.56
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $10.56
Molina Healthcare STAR $10.56
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $10.56
Oscar MGMCR $11.20
Devoted Health MGMCR $11.43
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $11.43
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $11.43
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $11.43
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $11.43
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $11.43
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $11.43
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $11.43
BCBS MCRPPO $11.43
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $11.43
United AllPayerAppendix $11.43
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11.43
United SmallGroup $11.43
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $11.43
WellMed MGMCR $11.49
Van Lang IPA MCR $11.54
United MCR $11.66
WellCare SNP $11.77
WellCare POS $11.77
WellCare PFFS $11.77
WellCare MCRHMO $11.77
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $11.77
WellCare PPO $11.77
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $12.00
Shared Health MGMCR $12.00
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $12.00
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $12.00
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $12.00
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $12.00
Superior Health Plan PFFS $12.00
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $12.00
American Health Plan MGMCR $12.00
Humana MCD $12.00
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $12.12
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $12.12
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $12.12
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $12.12
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $12.12
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $12.37
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $12.37
Molina MGMCR $12.46
Verda Health Plan MCR $14.86
Superior ValueHMO $16.57
Community Health Choice HIX $16.57
Superior EPO $17.72
Superior HMO $17.72
BCBS MyBlueHealth $23.09
Molina Healthcare HIX $24.57
BCBS BAV $25.49
BCBS HMO $31.89
Oscar HIX $33.03
BCBS EPOSOA $34.18
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $34.29
BCBS PPO $36.46
Superior Health Plan STAR $36.64
Superior Health Plan CHIP $36.64
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $36.64
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $36.64
Superior Health Plan STARKids $36.64
Aetna QHPExchange $41.89
Cigna CSN $47.41
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $51.36
Aetna NBHMO $55.70
Aetna NBPPO $55.70
Aetna NBPOS $55.70
Aetna COMMHMO $59.18
Aetna COMMPPO $59.18
Aetna COMMPOS $59.18
Cigna PPO $61.10
Aetna OONHMO $69.52
Aetna OONPOS $69.52
Aetna OONPPO $69.52
Aetna ASAHMO $75.17
Aetna ASAPPO $75.17
Aetna ASAPOS $75.17
United OptionsPPO $102.58
Humana HMO $152.67
Humana PPO $152.67
Evry Health BroadNetwork $166.69
BCBS Traditional $213.71
United GlobalAppendix $274.77
Coventry National First Health COMM $325.45
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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