Lumbar diskogram s&i at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
$8,109.33
Cash price 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.
$8,109.33
Gross charge 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.
$111.26 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $6,653.88 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $111.26 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $111.26 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $111.26 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $111.26 | ↓ -99% |
| United | MGMCD | $113.49 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $120.16 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $122.76 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $122.76 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $122.76 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $122.76 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | MCD | $139.50 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | CSN | $260.70 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $282.13 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | PPO | $335.38 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $431.95 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $486.56 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $486.56 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $486.56 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $486.56 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $486.56 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $574.10 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $574.10 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $574.10 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $610.71 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $610.71 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $610.71 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $718.09 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $718.09 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $718.09 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $776.05 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $776.05 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $776.05 | ↓ -90% |
| Humana | HMO | $943.55 | ↓ -88% |
| Humana | PPO | $943.55 | ↓ -88% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,362.37 | ↓ -83% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,067.88 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $2,213.85 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,838.27 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $3,026.06 | ↓ -63% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $3,243.73 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $3,243.73 | ↓ -60% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $3,333.34 | ↓ -59% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $3,649.20 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | BAV | $3,834.15 | ↓ -53% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $3,947.38 | ↓ -51% |
| United | SmallGroup | $3,947.38 | ↓ -51% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $4,322.27 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS | HMO | $5,845.79 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $6,258.43 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS | PPO | $6,653.88 | ↓ -18% |
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Lumbar diskogram s&i at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $1,321.60 | $111.26 – $3,776.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $1,321.60 | $111.26 – $3,776.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $109.37 – $3,026.06 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $111.26 – $3,026.06 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,358.23 | $111.60 – $4,783.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $5,350.69 | $1,101.35 – $8,026.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $5,618.23 | $111.60 – $7,022.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,358.23 | $111.60 – $4,783.04 |