IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis concurrent infusion 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.

$8.28 with Superior Health Plan vs $197.24 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 CHPFC $8.28
Superior Health Plan STAR $8.28
Superior Health Plan STARKids $8.28
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $8.28
Superior Health Plan CHIP $8.28
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $17.95
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $17.95
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $17.95
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $17.95
Cigna CSN $20.44
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $22.09
United OptionsPPO $23.20
Cigna PPO $26.24
Oscar HIX $26.93
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $35.21
Aetna QHPExchange $36.59
Molina Healthcare HIX $37.28
Evry Health BroadNetwork $37.70
Aetna NBHMO $44.32
Aetna NBPOS $44.32
Aetna NBPPO $44.32
Aetna COMMPOS $47.22
Aetna COMMHMO $47.22
Aetna COMMPPO $47.22
BCBS Traditional $48.33
BCBS MyBlueHealth $49.75
BCBS BAV $54.85
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $55.23
Curative Administrators COMM $55.23
Aetna OONHMO $55.37
Aetna OONPOS $55.37
Aetna OONPPO $55.37
Aetna ASAPPO $59.79
Aetna ASAHMO $59.79
Aetna ASAPOS $59.79
United GlobalAppendix $62.14
BCBS EPOSOA $68.67
BCBS PPO $68.67
BCBS HMO $68.67
Coventry National First Health COMM $73.60
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $110.46
Humana HMO $197.24
Humana PPO $197.24

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis concurrent infusion at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $316.05 $25.09 – $903.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $316.05 $31.04 – $903.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $49.75 – $197.24
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $49.75 – $197.24
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $357.20 $81.85 – $81.85
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $235.84 $65.27 – $334.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $240.85 $49.57 – $361.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $300.32 $60.06 – $375.40

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