Mayo methadone 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

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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.

$0.05 with Aetna vs $499.45 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
Aetna NBPPO $0.06
Aetna NBHMO $0.06
Aetna NBPOS $0.06
Aetna COMMHMO $0.07
Aetna COMMPPO $0.07
Aetna COMMPOS $0.07
Aetna OONPPO $0.08
Aetna OONPOS $0.08
Aetna OONHMO $0.08
Aetna ASAHMO $0.09
Aetna ASAPOS $0.09
Aetna ASAPPO $0.09
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $11.02
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $11.02
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $11.02
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $11.02
United MGMCD $11.24
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $11.90
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $12.12
Molina Healthcare STAR $12.12
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $12.12
Molina Healthcare CHIP $12.12
Humana MCD $13.77
Superior Health Plan STAR $37.46
Superior Health Plan CHIP $37.46
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $37.46
Superior Health Plan STARKids $37.46
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $37.46
Cigna CSN $98.98
BCBS MyBlueHealth $101.76
United OptionsPPO $104.88
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $107.21
BCBS BAV $112.38
Oscar HIX $121.74
Cigna PPO $127.56
Humana HMO $131.57
Humana PPO $131.57
BCBS HMO $140.47
BCBS EPOSOA $143.59
BCBS PPO $146.09
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $159.20
Molina Healthcare HIX $168.56
Evry Health BroadNetwork $170.44
BCBS Traditional $218.51
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $249.72
United GlobalAppendix $280.94
Coventry National First Health COMM $332.76
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $499.45
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Mayo methadone 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 $137.37 $6.71 – $15.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $97.20 $12.00 – $145.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $97.20 $11.02 – $121.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $137.37 $8.76 – $15.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $97.20 $11.79 – $145.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $97.20 $8.00 – $145.80

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