Mayo cocaine definitive assay confirmation urine 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

$583.17

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.

$583.17

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.

$0.05 with Aetna vs $466.54 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance — 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
Aetna QHPExchange $0.05 ↓ -100%
Aetna NBPPO $0.06 ↓ -100%
Aetna NBHMO $0.06 ↓ -100%
Aetna NBPOS $0.06 ↓ -100%
Aetna COMMPOS $0.07 ↓ -100%
Aetna COMMPPO $0.07 ↓ -100%
Aetna COMMHMO $0.07 ↓ -100%
Aetna OONHMO $0.08 ↓ -100%
Aetna OONPOS $0.08 ↓ -100%
Aetna OONPPO $0.08 ↓ -100%
Aetna ASAHMO $0.09 ↓ -100%
Aetna ASAPOS $0.09 ↓ -100%
Aetna ASAPPO $0.09 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $10.25 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $10.25 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $10.25 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $10.25 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $10.46 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $11.07 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $11.28 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $11.28 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $11.28 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $11.28 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $12.81 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STAR $34.99 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $34.99 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $34.99 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $34.99 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $34.99 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $95.06 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $97.97 ↓ -83%
Cigna CSN $98.98 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $104.97 ↓ -82%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $107.21 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $113.72 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $124.21 ↓ -79%
Humana PPO $124.21 ↓ -79%
Cigna PPO $127.56 ↓ -78%
BCBS HMO $131.21 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $134.13 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $136.46 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $148.71 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $157.46 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $159.21 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $204.11 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $233.27 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $262.43 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $310.83 ↓ -47%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $466.54 ↓ -20%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Mayo cocaine definitive assay confirmation urine at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $21.00 $0.05 – $98.98
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $0.05 – $98.98
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $162.00 $10.00 – $79.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $162.00 $11.53 – $84.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $162.00 $10.25 – $70.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $162.00 $10.00 – $79.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $162.00 $10.97 – $84.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $162.00 $8.00 – $84.02

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