Ivp w/nephrotomography 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

$6,339.05

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.

$6,339.05

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.

$156.04 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $3,378.71 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 STAR+PLUS $156.04 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $156.04 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $156.04 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $156.04 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $159.16 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $166.50 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $166.50 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $166.50 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $166.50 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $168.52 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $189.20 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $213.75 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $270.83 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $339.25 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STAR $380.34 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $380.34 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $380.34 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $380.34 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $380.34 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $401.74 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $412.93 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $442.08 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $470.01 ↓ -93%
Cigna CSN $482.56 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $522.24 ↓ -92%
Cigna PPO $620.80 ↓ -90%
Aetna QHPExchange $804.43 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $1,064.96 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBHMO $1,069.16 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBPOS $1,069.16 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBPPO $1,069.16 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,137.34 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,137.34 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,137.34 ↓ -82%
Aetna OONPPO $1,337.31 ↓ -79%
Aetna OONPOS $1,337.31 ↓ -79%
Aetna OONHMO $1,337.31 ↓ -79%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,445.25 ↓ -77%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,445.25 ↓ -77%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,445.25 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,616.46 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,730.56 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $1,956.10 ↓ -69%
Humana HMO $1,956.10 ↓ -69%
BCBS Traditional $2,218.67 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,535.62 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,535.62 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $2,852.57 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,378.71 ↓ -47%

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Ivp w/nephrotomography at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $148.33 – $804.43
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $151.36 – $804.43
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $673.80 $151.36 – $842.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $673.90 $138.71 – $1,010.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $680.59 $151.36 – $850.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $673.80 $151.36 – $842.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $673.90 $161.96 – $1,010.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $673.90 $151.36 – $1,010.84

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