M.avium-intra dna dir prob 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

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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.

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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.

$22.92 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $295.28 with Humana — 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 $22.92
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $22.92
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $22.92
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $22.92
United MGMCD $23.38
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $24.75
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $25.21
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $25.21
Molina Healthcare STAR $25.21
Molina Healthcare CHIP $25.21
Oscar MGMCR $26.74
Devoted Health MGMCR $27.29
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $27.29
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $27.29
United AllPayerAppendix $27.29
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $27.29
United SmallGroup $27.29
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $27.29
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $27.29
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $27.29
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $27.29
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $27.29
BCBS MCRPPO $27.29
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $27.29
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $27.29
WellMed MGMCR $27.43
Van Lang IPA MCR $27.56
United MCR $27.84
WellCare SNP $28.11
WellCare PPO $28.11
WellCare PFFS $28.11
WellCare MCRHMO $28.11
WellCare POS $28.11
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $28.11
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $28.65
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $28.65
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $28.65
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $28.65
Superior Health Plan PFFS $28.65
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $28.65
Shared Health MGMCR $28.65
Humana MCD $28.65
American Health Plan MGMCR $28.65
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $28.65
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $28.93
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $28.93
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $28.93
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $28.93
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $28.93
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $29.54
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $29.54
Molina MGMCR $29.75
Verda Health Plan MCR $35.48
Superior ValueHMO $39.57
Community Health Choice HIX $39.57
Superior EPO $42.30
Superior HMO $42.30
BCBS MyBlueHealth $55.13
Molina Healthcare HIX $58.67
BCBS BAV $60.86
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $66.32
BCBS HMO $76.14
Oscar HIX $78.87
BCBS EPOSOA $81.60
BCBS PPO $87.06
Aetna QHPExchange $99.97
Cigna CSN $112.93
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $122.32
Aetna NBHMO $132.94
Aetna NBPOS $132.94
Aetna NBPPO $132.94
Aetna COMMPPO $141.24
Aetna COMMHMO $141.24
Aetna COMMPOS $141.24
Cigna PPO $145.53
Aetna OONHMO $165.92
Aetna OONPOS $165.92
Aetna OONPPO $165.92
Aetna ASAHMO $179.40
Aetna ASAPOS $179.40
Aetna ASAPPO $179.40
Humana HMO $295.28
Humana PPO $295.28
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M.avium-intra dna dir prob at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $22.46 – $112.93
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $22.92 – $112.93
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield $219.02 $27.29 – $80.56
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $24.56 – $105.07
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $22.46 – $112.93
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $59.61 – $118.98
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $22.46 – $112.93
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $22.46 – $112.93

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