Lumbar diskogram s&i 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

$8,109.33

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.

$8,109.33

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.

$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.

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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 $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

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