Mayo organic acid methylmalonic single 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

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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.

$17.82 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $303.66 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 $17.82
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $17.82
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $17.82
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $17.82
United MGMCD $18.18
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $19.25
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $19.60
Molina Healthcare CHIP $19.60
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $19.60
Molina Healthcare STAR $19.60
Oscar MGMCR $20.79
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $21.21
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $21.21
United AllPayerAppendix $21.21
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $21.21
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $21.21
Devoted Health MGMCR $21.21
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $21.21
United SmallGroup $21.21
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $21.21
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $21.21
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $21.21
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $21.21
BCBS MCRPPO $21.21
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $21.21
WellMed MGMCR $21.32
Van Lang IPA MCR $21.42
United MCR $21.63
WellCare MCRHMO $21.85
WellCare POS $21.85
WellCare PFFS $21.85
WellCare PPO $21.85
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $21.85
WellCare SNP $21.85
American Health Plan MGMCR $22.27
Humana MCD $22.27
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $22.27
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $22.27
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $22.27
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $22.27
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $22.27
Superior Health Plan PFFS $22.27
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $22.27
Shared Health MGMCR $22.27
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $22.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $22.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $22.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $22.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $22.48
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $22.96
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $22.96
Molina MGMCR $23.12
Verda Health Plan MCR $27.57
Community Health Choice HIX $30.75
Superior ValueHMO $30.75
Superior EPO $32.88
Superior HMO $32.88
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $34.18
Superior Health Plan STAR $34.18
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $34.18
Superior Health Plan CHIP $34.18
Superior Health Plan STARKids $34.18
BCBS MyBlueHealth $42.84
Molina Healthcare HIX $45.60
BCBS BAV $47.30
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $51.54
BCBS HMO $59.18
Oscar HIX $61.30
BCBS EPOSOA $63.42
BCBS PPO $67.66
Aetna QHPExchange $77.70
Cigna CSN $87.81
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $95.11
United OptionsPPO $95.71
Aetna NBPOS $103.33
Aetna NBPPO $103.33
Aetna NBHMO $103.33
Aetna COMMPPO $109.78
Aetna COMMPOS $109.78
Aetna COMMHMO $109.78
Cigna PPO $113.16
Aetna OONHMO $128.96
Aetna OONPOS $128.96
Aetna OONPPO $128.96
Aetna ASAHMO $139.44
Aetna ASAPPO $139.44
Aetna ASAPOS $139.44
Evry Health BroadNetwork $155.53
BCBS Traditional $199.40
Humana PPO $229.49
Humana HMO $229.49
United GlobalAppendix $256.37
Coventry National First Health COMM $303.66
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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