Mayo fbl culture fungi blood 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.

$17.19 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $483.61 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 $17.19
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $17.19
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $17.19
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $17.19
United MGMCD $17.53
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $18.57
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $18.91
Molina Healthcare STAR $18.91
Molina Healthcare CHIP $18.91
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $18.91
Oscar MGMCR $20.05
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $20.46
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $20.46
United AllPayerAppendix $20.46
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $20.46
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $20.46
Devoted Health MGMCR $20.46
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $20.46
United SmallGroup $20.46
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $20.46
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $20.46
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $20.46
BCBS MCRPPO $20.46
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $20.46
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $20.46
WellMed MGMCR $20.56
Van Lang IPA MCR $20.66
United MCR $20.87
WellCare PFFS $21.07
WellCare MCRHMO $21.07
WellCare POS $21.07
WellCare SNP $21.07
WellCare PPO $21.07
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $21.07
American Health Plan MGMCR $21.48
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $21.48
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $21.48
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $21.48
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $21.48
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $21.48
Superior Health Plan PFFS $21.48
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $21.48
Shared Health MGMCR $21.48
Humana MCD $21.49
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $21.69
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $21.69
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $21.69
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $21.69
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $21.69
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $22.14
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $22.14
Molina MGMCR $22.30
Verda Health Plan MCR $26.60
Superior ValueHMO $29.67
Community Health Choice HIX $29.67
Superior HMO $31.71
Superior EPO $31.71
BCBS MyBlueHealth $41.33
Molina Healthcare HIX $43.99
BCBS BAV $45.63
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $49.72
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $54.44
Superior Health Plan STARKids $54.44
Superior Health Plan STAR $54.44
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $54.44
Superior Health Plan CHIP $54.44
BCBS HMO $57.08
Oscar HIX $59.13
BCBS EPOSOA $61.18
BCBS PPO $65.27
Aetna QHPExchange $74.95
Cigna CSN $83.66
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $90.61
Aetna NBPPO $99.68
Aetna NBHMO $99.68
Aetna NBPOS $99.68
Aetna COMMPPO $105.90
Aetna COMMHMO $105.90
Aetna COMMPOS $105.90
Cigna PPO $107.81
Aetna OONHMO $124.40
Aetna OONPPO $124.40
Aetna OONPOS $124.40
Aetna ASAHMO $134.51
Aetna ASAPOS $134.51
Aetna ASAPPO $134.51
United OptionsPPO $152.43
Humana PPO $221.38
Humana HMO $221.38
Evry Health BroadNetwork $247.70
BCBS Traditional $317.57
United GlobalAppendix $408.30
Coventry National First Health COMM $483.61
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