Liver/spleen imag static only 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

$6,742.60

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.

$6,742.60

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.

$192.46 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $3,593.81 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 $192.46 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $192.46 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $192.46 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $192.46 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $196.31 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $202.88 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $202.88 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $202.88 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $202.88 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $207.86 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $230.55 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $312.07 ↓ -95%
BCBS BAV $395.40 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $404.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $404.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $404.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $404.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $404.56 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $602.85 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $645.41 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $686.19 ↓ -90%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $716.53 ↓ -89%
United SmallGroup $848.52 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -87%
Aetna QHPExchange $972.93 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $1,132.76 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBHMO $1,293.12 ↓ -81%
Aetna NBPPO $1,293.12 ↓ -81%
Aetna NBPOS $1,293.12 ↓ -81%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,375.57 ↓ -80%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,375.57 ↓ -80%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,375.57 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPPO $1,617.43 ↓ -76%
Aetna OONPOS $1,617.43 ↓ -76%
Aetna OONHMO $1,617.43 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,719.36 ↓ -75%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,747.98 ↓ -74%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,747.98 ↓ -74%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,747.98 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,840.73 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $2,151.56 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $2,151.56 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $2,359.91 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,697.04 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,697.04 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $3,034.17 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,593.81 ↓ -47%

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Liver/spleen imag static only at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $444.50 $139.70 – $1,270.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $444.50 $101.60 – $1,270.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $180.75 – $972.93
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $184.44 – $972.93
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,471.52 $180.10 – $1,839.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,166.72 $240.15 – $1,750.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,123.50 $180.10 – $1,404.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,471.52 $180.10 – $1,839.40

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →