Lymph vessel x-ray arm/leg at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
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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.
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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.
$284.65 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $5,707.08 with Aetna — 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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| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $284.65 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $284.65 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $284.65 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $284.65 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $290.34 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $307.42 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $313.12 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $313.12 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $313.12 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $313.12 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $355.81 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $733.98 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $794.34 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $944.25 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,029.08 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,109.70 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,218.65 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,218.65 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $1,406.04 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $2,143.73 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $2,295.06 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $2,440.07 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $3,176.58 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $4,221.98 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $4,221.98 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $4,221.98 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $4,366.50 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $4,366.50 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $4,491.19 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $4,491.19 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $4,491.19 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $5,280.85 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $5,280.85 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $5,280.85 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $5,707.08 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $5,707.08 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $5,707.08 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Lymph vessel x-ray arm/leg at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $278.96 – $3,176.58 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $284.65 – $3,176.58 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $700.80 | $284.65 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $972.06 | $71.00 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $984.85 | $71.00 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $700.80 | $284.65 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $972.06 | $85.00 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $972.06 | $284.65 – $1,556.23 |