Mayo cocou cortisone 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

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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.

$3.96 with Superior Health Plan vs $260.65 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
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $3.96
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $3.96
Superior Health Plan STAR $3.96
Superior Health Plan CHIP $3.96
Superior Health Plan STARKids $3.96
United OptionsPPO $11.08
Evry Health BroadNetwork $18.00
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $20.24
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $20.24
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $20.24
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $20.24
United MGMCD $20.64
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $21.86
Molina Healthcare STAR $22.26
Molina Healthcare CHIP $22.26
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $22.26
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $22.26
BCBS Traditional $23.08
Oscar MGMCR $23.61
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $24.09
Devoted Health MGMCR $24.09
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $24.09
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $24.09
BCBS MCRPPO $24.09
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $24.09
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $24.09
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $24.09
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $24.09
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $24.09
United SmallGroup $24.09
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $24.09
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $24.09
United AllPayerAppendix $24.09
WellMed MGMCR $24.21
Van Lang IPA MCR $24.33
United MCR $24.57
WellCare POS $24.81
WellCare PFFS $24.81
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $24.81
WellCare PPO $24.81
WellCare SNP $24.81
WellCare MCRHMO $24.81
American Health Plan MGMCR $25.29
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $25.29
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $25.29
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $25.29
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $25.29
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $25.29
Superior Health Plan PFFS $25.29
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $25.29
Shared Health MGMCR $25.29
Humana MCD $25.30
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $25.54
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $25.54
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $25.54
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $25.54
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $25.54
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $26.07
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $26.07
Molina MGMCR $26.26
United GlobalAppendix $29.68
Verda Health Plan MCR $31.32
Superior ValueHMO $34.93
Community Health Choice HIX $34.93
Coventry National First Health COMM $35.15
Superior HMO $37.34
Superior EPO $37.34
BCBS MyBlueHealth $48.66
Molina Healthcare HIX $51.79
BCBS BAV $53.72
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $58.54
BCBS HMO $67.21
Oscar HIX $69.62
BCBS EPOSOA $72.03
BCBS PPO $76.85
Aetna QHPExchange $88.25
Cigna CSN $98.98
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $107.21
Aetna NBPOS $117.37
Aetna NBHMO $117.37
Aetna NBPPO $117.37
Aetna COMMHMO $124.69
Aetna COMMPOS $124.69
Aetna COMMPPO $124.69
Cigna PPO $127.56
Aetna OONPPO $146.48
Aetna OONHMO $146.48
Aetna OONPOS $146.48
Aetna ASAPPO $158.38
Aetna ASAHMO $158.38
Aetna ASAPOS $158.38
Humana PPO $260.65
Humana HMO $260.65
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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $123.20 $17.34 – $352.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $649.00 $19.84 – $98.98
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