Mayo angiotensin 1 converting enzyme (ace) csf 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.

$12.26 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $319.83 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.

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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 $12.26
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $12.26
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $12.26
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $12.26
United MGMCD $12.51
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $13.24
Molina Healthcare STAR $13.49
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $13.49
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $13.49
Molina Healthcare CHIP $13.49
Oscar MGMCR $14.31
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $14.60
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $14.60
United AllPayerAppendix $14.60
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.60
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $14.60
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.60
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $14.60
United SmallGroup $14.60
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.60
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.60
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $14.60
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.60
BCBS MCRPPO $14.60
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $14.60
WellMed MGMCR $14.67
Van Lang IPA MCR $14.75
United MCR $14.89
WellCare MCRHMO $15.04
WellCare POS $15.04
WellCare SNP $15.04
WellCare PFFS $15.04
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $15.04
WellCare PPO $15.04
Humana MCD $15.32
American Health Plan MGMCR $15.33
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $15.33
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $15.33
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $15.33
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $15.33
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $15.33
Superior Health Plan PFFS $15.33
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $15.33
Shared Health MGMCR $15.33
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $15.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $15.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $15.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $15.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $15.48
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $15.80
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $15.80
Molina MGMCR $15.91
Verda Health Plan MCR $18.98
Superior ValueHMO $21.17
Community Health Choice HIX $21.17
Superior EPO $22.63
Superior HMO $22.63
BCBS MyBlueHealth $29.49
Molina Healthcare HIX $31.39
BCBS BAV $32.56
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $36.00
Superior Health Plan STAR $36.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $36.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $36.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $36.00
BCBS HMO $40.73
Oscar HIX $42.19
BCBS EPOSOA $43.65
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $43.81
BCBS PPO $46.57
Aetna QHPExchange $53.50
Cigna CSN $59.93
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $64.91
Aetna NBPPO $71.15
Aetna NBPOS $71.15
Aetna NBHMO $71.15
Aetna COMMPPO $75.59
Aetna COMMPOS $75.59
Aetna COMMHMO $75.59
Cigna PPO $77.23
Aetna OONPOS $88.80
Aetna OONHMO $88.80
Aetna OONPPO $88.80
Aetna ASAHMO $96.02
Aetna ASAPOS $96.02
Aetna ASAPPO $96.02
United OptionsPPO $100.81
Evry Health BroadNetwork $163.81
Humana PPO $195.08
Humana HMO $195.08
BCBS Traditional $210.02
United GlobalAppendix $270.02
Coventry National First Health COMM $319.83
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