IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis each additional 1 hour 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.

$10.02 with Superior Health Plan vs $207.36 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 STARPLUS $10.02
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $10.02
Superior Health Plan STAR $10.02
Superior Health Plan STARKids $10.02
Superior Health Plan CHIP $10.02
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $21.71
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $21.71
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $21.71
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $21.71
Cigna CSN $24.72
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $26.72
United OptionsPPO $28.06
Cigna PPO $31.74
Oscar HIX $32.57
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $42.59
Aetna QHPExchange $44.26
Evry Health BroadNetwork $45.60
BCBS MyBlueHealth $51.43
Aetna NBHMO $53.62
Aetna NBPPO $53.62
Aetna NBPOS $53.62
BCBS BAV $56.71
Aetna COMMPOS $57.12
Aetna COMMHMO $57.12
Aetna COMMPPO $57.12
BCBS Traditional $58.46
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $66.81
Curative Administrators COMM $66.81
Aetna OONPPO $66.98
Aetna OONPOS $66.98
Aetna OONHMO $66.98
BCBS HMO $71.00
BCBS PPO $71.00
BCBS EPOSOA $71.00
Aetna ASAHMO $72.32
Aetna ASAPPO $72.32
Aetna ASAPOS $72.32
United GlobalAppendix $75.16
Coventry National First Health COMM $89.03
Humana HMO $207.36
Humana PPO $207.36

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis each additional 1 hour at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $171.15 $25.94 – $489.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $171.15 $32.09 – $489.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $51.43 – $207.36
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $51.43 – $207.36
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $366.64 $84.62 – $84.62
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $198.34 $44.69 – $247.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $208.30 $42.87 – $312.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $228.07 $44.69 – $285.08

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