Mayo analysis gene jak2 p.val617phe variant 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.

$76.99 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,224.50 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+PLUS $76.99
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $76.99
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $76.99
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $76.99
United MGMCD $78.53
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $83.15
Superior Health Plan STARKids $83.24
Superior Health Plan CHIP $83.24
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $83.24
Superior Health Plan STAR $83.24
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $83.24
Molina Healthcare STAR $84.69
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $84.69
Molina Healthcare CHIP $84.69
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $84.69
Oscar MGMCR $89.83
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $91.66
United AllPayerAppendix $91.66
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $91.66
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $91.66
Devoted Health MGMCR $91.66
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $91.66
BCBS MCRPPO $91.66
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $91.66
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $91.66
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $91.66
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $91.66
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $91.66
United SmallGroup $91.66
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $91.66
WellMed MGMCR $92.12
Van Lang IPA MCR $92.58
United MCR $93.49
WellCare PFFS $94.41
WellCare SNP $94.41
WellCare PPO $94.41
WellCare POS $94.41
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $94.41
WellCare MCRHMO $94.41
American Health Plan MGMCR $96.24
Humana MCD $96.24
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $96.24
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $96.24
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $96.24
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $96.24
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $96.24
Superior Health Plan PFFS $96.24
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $96.24
Shared Health MGMCR $96.24
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $97.16
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $97.16
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $97.16
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $97.16
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $97.16
Molina MGMCR $99.91
Verda Health Plan MCR $119.16
Community Health Choice HIX $132.91
Superior ValueHMO $132.91
Superior HMO $142.07
Superior EPO $142.07
BCBS MyBlueHealth $185.15
Molina Healthcare HIX $197.07
BCBS BAV $204.40
United OptionsPPO $233.08
BCBS HMO $255.73
Oscar HIX $264.90
BCBS EPOSOA $274.06
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $275.01
BCBS PPO $292.40
Aetna QHPExchange $335.76
Cigna CSN $376.36
Evry Health BroadNetwork $378.75
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $407.65
Aetna NBPOS $446.52
Aetna NBPPO $446.52
Aetna NBHMO $446.52
Aetna COMMPOS $474.38
Aetna COMMHMO $474.38
Aetna COMMPPO $474.38
Cigna PPO $485.01
BCBS Traditional $485.58
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $554.94
Aetna OONPOS $557.28
Aetna OONPPO $557.28
Aetna OONHMO $557.28
Aetna ASAPPO $602.56
Aetna ASAHMO $602.56
Aetna ASAPOS $602.56
United GlobalAppendix $624.31
Coventry National First Health COMM $739.46
Humana PPO $1,224.50
Humana HMO $1,224.50
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Mayo analysis gene jak2 p.val617phe variant at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $233.45 $66.00 – $667.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $894.00 $75.45 – $376.36
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $481.34 $10.00 – $234.38
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