Lipoprotein direct measurement hdl 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.

$6.88 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $591.10 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 CHIP $6.88
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $6.88
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $6.88
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $6.88
United MGMCD $7.02
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $7.43
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $7.57
Molina Healthcare CHIP $7.57
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $7.57
Molina Healthcare STAR $7.57
Oscar MGMCR $8.03
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $8.19
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $8.19
United AllPayerAppendix $8.19
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.19
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $8.19
Devoted Health MGMCR $8.19
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8.19
United SmallGroup $8.19
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $8.19
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $8.19
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $8.19
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.19
BCBS MCRPPO $8.19
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $8.19
WellMed MGMCR $8.23
Van Lang IPA MCR $8.27
United MCR $8.35
WellCare MCRHMO $8.44
WellCare POS $8.44
WellCare PFFS $8.44
WellCare PPO $8.44
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $8.44
WellCare SNP $8.44
American Health Plan MGMCR $8.60
Humana MCD $8.60
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $8.60
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $8.60
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $8.60
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $8.60
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $8.60
Superior Health Plan PFFS $8.60
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $8.60
Shared Health MGMCR $8.60
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $8.68
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $8.68
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $8.68
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $8.68
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $8.68
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $8.86
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8.86
Molina MGMCR $8.93
Verda Health Plan MCR $10.65
Community Health Choice HIX $11.88
Superior ValueHMO $11.88
Superior EPO $12.69
Superior HMO $12.69
BCBS MyBlueHealth $16.54
Molina Healthcare HIX $17.61
BCBS BAV $18.26
BCBS HMO $22.85
Oscar HIX $23.67
BCBS EPOSOA $24.49
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $24.59
BCBS PPO $26.13
Aetna QHPExchange $29.98
Cigna CSN $33.47
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $36.25
Aetna NBPPO $39.87
Aetna NBPOS $39.87
Aetna NBHMO $39.87
Aetna COMMHMO $42.36
Aetna COMMPPO $42.36
Aetna COMMPOS $42.36
Cigna PPO $43.13
Aetna OONPOS $49.76
Aetna OONHMO $49.76
Aetna OONPPO $49.76
Aetna ASAPOS $53.80
Aetna ASAHMO $53.80
Aetna ASAPPO $53.80
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $66.54
Superior Health Plan STARKids $66.54
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $66.54
Superior Health Plan CHIP $66.54
Superior Health Plan STAR $66.54
Humana PPO $109.50
Humana HMO $109.50
United OptionsPPO $186.31
Evry Health BroadNetwork $302.76
BCBS Traditional $388.15
United GlobalAppendix $499.05
Coventry National First Health COMM $591.10
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