Ivc venogram s&i 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.

$114.28 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $10,724.85 with BCBS — 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 STAR $114.28
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $114.28
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $114.28
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $114.28
United MGMCD $116.57
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $123.42
Molina Healthcare STAR $125.71
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $125.71
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $125.71
Molina Healthcare CHIP $125.71
Humana MCD $142.85
Cigna CSN $224.28
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $242.72
Cigna PPO $288.53
Aetna QHPExchange $368.23
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $439.35
Superior Health Plan CHIP $439.35
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $439.35
Superior Health Plan STAR $439.35
Superior Health Plan STARKids $439.35
Aetna NBPOS $489.41
Aetna NBHMO $489.41
Aetna NBPPO $489.41
Aetna COMMHMO $520.62
Aetna COMMPPO $520.62
Aetna COMMPOS $520.62
Aetna OONPOS $612.16
Aetna OONHMO $612.16
Aetna OONPPO $612.16
Aetna ASAPOS $661.57
Aetna ASAPPO $661.57
Aetna ASAHMO $661.57
United OptionsPPO $1,230.19
Humana PPO $1,378.34
Humana HMO $1,378.34
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,867.25
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,999.05
BCBS Traditional $2,562.89
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,929.02
Curative Administrators COMM $2,929.02
United GlobalAppendix $3,295.14
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,902.91
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4,877.45
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5,437.15
BCBS BAV $6,179.95
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74
United SmallGroup $6,438.74
BCBS HMO $9,422.35
BCBS EPOSOA $10,087.46
BCBS PPO $10,724.85

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Ivc venogram s&i at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $3,316.95 $114.28 – $9,477.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $3,316.95 $114.28 – $9,477.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $18,009.38 $114.28 – $4,877.45
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $111.99 – $4,877.45
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,950.06 $114.28 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,469.82 $714.21 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,115.24 $114.28 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,950.06 $114.28 – $7,896.23

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