Mayo fat/lipids feces quantitative 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

$507.73

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.

$507.73

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.

$14.11 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $270.62 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 CHIP $14.11 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $14.11 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $14.11 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $14.11 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $14.39 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $15.24 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $15.52 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $15.52 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $15.52 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $15.52 ↓ -97%
Oscar MGMCR $16.46 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $16.80 ↓ -97%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $16.80 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $16.80 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.80 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $16.80 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $16.80 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.80 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $16.80 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $16.80 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $16.80 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $16.80 ↓ -97%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.80 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $16.80 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $16.80 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $16.88 ↓ -97%
Van Lang IPA MCR $16.97 ↓ -97%
United MCR $17.14 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCRHMO $17.30 ↓ -97%
WellCare POS $17.30 ↓ -97%
WellCare PFFS $17.30 ↓ -97%
WellCare PPO $17.30 ↓ -97%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $17.30 ↓ -97%
WellCare SNP $17.30 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan MGMCR $17.64 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $17.64 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $17.64 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $17.64 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $17.64 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $17.64 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $17.64 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $17.64 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $17.64 ↓ -97%
Shared Health MGMCR $17.64 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $17.81 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $17.81 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $17.81 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $17.81 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $17.81 ↓ -96%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $18.18 ↓ -96%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $18.18 ↓ -96%
Molina MGMCR $18.31 ↓ -96%
Verda Health Plan MCR $21.84 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice HIX $24.36 ↓ -95%
Superior ValueHMO $24.36 ↓ -95%
Superior EPO $26.04 ↓ -95%
Superior HMO $26.04 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $30.46 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $30.46 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $30.46 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $30.46 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $30.46 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $33.94 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare HIX $36.12 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $37.46 ↓ -93%
BCBS HMO $46.87 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $48.55 ↓ -90%
BCBS EPOSOA $50.23 ↓ -90%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $50.43 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $53.59 ↓ -89%
Aetna QHPExchange $61.55 ↓ -88%
Cigna CSN $69.71 ↓ -86%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $75.51 ↓ -85%
Aetna NBPOS $81.86 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBPPO $81.86 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBHMO $81.86 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $85.30 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMPPO $86.96 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMPOS $86.96 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMHMO $86.96 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $89.84 ↓ -82%
Aetna OONHMO $102.16 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPOS $102.16 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPPO $102.16 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAHMO $110.46 ↓ -78%
Aetna ASAPPO $110.46 ↓ -78%
Aetna ASAPOS $110.46 ↓ -78%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $138.61 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $177.71 ↓ -65%
Humana PPO $224.52 ↓ -56%
Humana HMO $224.52 ↓ -56%
United GlobalAppendix $228.48 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $270.62 ↓ -47%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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