Kidney img w/bldflw sgl without rx 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

$5,060.92

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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.

$5,060.92

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.

$227.21 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $2,697.47 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 $227.21 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $227.21 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $227.21 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $227.21 ↓ -96%
United MGMCD $231.75 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $240.38 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $240.38 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STAR $240.38 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $240.38 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $245.39 ↓ -95%
Humana MCD $273.16 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $303.66 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $303.66 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $303.66 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $303.66 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $303.66 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $340.61 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $431.57 ↓ -91%
BCBS HMO $658.00 ↓ -87%
BCBS EPOSOA $704.45 ↓ -86%
BCBS PPO $748.96 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $850.23 ↓ -83%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $929.86 ↓ -82%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,050.60 ↓ -79%
United SmallGroup $1,101.15 ↓ -78%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,290.53 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,381.63 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBHMO $1,396.35 ↓ -72%
Aetna NBPOS $1,396.35 ↓ -72%
Aetna NBPPO $1,396.35 ↓ -72%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,485.38 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,485.38 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,485.38 ↓ -71%
Humana PPO $1,614.94 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $1,614.94 ↓ -68%
Aetna OONPPO $1,746.55 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONHMO $1,746.55 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPOS $1,746.55 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $1,771.32 ↓ -65%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,887.52 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,887.52 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,887.52 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,024.37 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,024.37 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $2,277.41 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,697.47 ↓ -47%

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Kidney img w/bldflw sgl without rx at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,631.00 $218.53 – $4,660.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,631.00 $218.53 – $4,660.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $7,036.35 $218.53 – $1,050.60
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,468.04 $212.84 – $1,835.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,465.10 $301.57 – $2,197.65
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,398.79 $212.84 – $1,748.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,468.04 $212.84 – $1,835.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,465.10 $227.74 – $2,197.65

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