Lymph vessel x-ray trunk at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
$458.54
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.
$458.54
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.
$27.51 with Superior Health Plan vs $30,229.46 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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| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $27.51 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $27.51 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $27.51 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $27.51 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $27.51 | ↓ -94% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $77.03 | ↓ -83% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $116.93 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $125.18 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $160.49 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $183.42 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $183.42 | ↓ -60% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $206.34 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $244.40 | ↓ -47% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $313.39 | ↓ -32% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $313.39 | ↓ -32% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $313.39 | ↓ -32% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $313.39 | ↓ -32% |
| United | MGMCD | $319.66 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $338.46 | ↓ -26% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $344.73 | ↓ -25% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $344.73 | ↓ -25% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $344.73 | ↓ -25% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $344.73 | ↓ -25% |
| Humana | MCD | $391.74 | ↓ -15% |
| Cigna | CSN | $783.26 | ↑ +71% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $847.66 | ↑ +85% |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,007.64 | ↑ +120% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,925.07 | ↑ +320% |
| BCBS | BAV | $2,439.15 | ↑ +432% |
| BCBS | HMO | $3,718.89 | ↑ +711% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $3,981.40 | ↑ +768% |
| BCBS | PPO | $4,232.97 | ↑ +823% |
| Humana | PPO | $4,924.94 | ↑ +974% |
| Humana | HMO | $4,924.94 | ↑ +974% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $5,437.15 | ↑ +1086% |
| United | SmallGroup | $6,438.74 | ↑ +1304% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $6,438.74 | ↑ +1304% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $16,825.83 | ↑ +3569% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $22,363.15 | ↑ +4777% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $22,363.15 | ↑ +4777% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $22,363.15 | ↑ +4777% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $23,789.07 | ↑ +5088% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $23,789.07 | ↑ +5088% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $23,789.07 | ↑ +5088% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $27,971.76 | ↑ +6000% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $27,971.76 | ↑ +6000% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $27,971.76 | ↑ +6000% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $30,229.46 | ↑ +6493% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $30,229.46 | ↑ +6493% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $30,229.46 | ↑ +6493% |
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Lymph vessel x-ray trunk at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $3,310.30 | $313.39 – $9,458.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $3,310.30 | $140.00 – $9,458.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $307.12 – $16,825.83 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $313.39 – $16,825.83 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,694.05 | $313.39 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,494.49 | $71.00 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,494.49 | $71.00 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,694.05 | $313.39 – $7,896.23 |