Lung function test (mbc/mvv) at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
$1,879.99
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.
$1,879.99
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.
$112.80 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,002.03 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.
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 |
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| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $112.80 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $112.80 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $112.80 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $112.80 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $112.80 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $128.72 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BAV | $141.93 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $177.68 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | HMO | $177.68 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | PPO | $177.68 | ↓ -91% |
| Humana | HMO | $203.37 | ↓ -89% |
| Humana | PPO | $203.37 | ↓ -89% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $244.40 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $244.40 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $244.40 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $244.40 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | CSN | $278.24 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $300.80 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $315.84 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | PPO | $357.20 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $366.60 | ↓ -80% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $479.40 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $498.20 | ↓ -73% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $513.24 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $603.48 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $603.48 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $603.48 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $642.96 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $642.96 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $642.96 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $658.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $752.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $752.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $753.88 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $753.88 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $753.88 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $814.04 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $814.04 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $814.04 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $846.00 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,002.03 | ↓ -47% |
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Lung function test (mbc/mvv) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $419.00 | $128.72 – $203.37 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $214.94 | $56.30 – $268.68 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $229.93 | $47.33 – $344.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $192.29 | $38.46 – $240.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $214.94 | $56.30 – $268.68 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $229.93 | $56.30 – $344.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $229.93 | $118.80 – $344.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $192.29 | $56.30 – $288.44 |