Mayo repu protein electrophoresis 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.

$14.98 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $324.75 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 $14.98
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $14.98
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $14.98
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $14.98
United MGMCD $15.28
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $16.18
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $16.48
Molina Healthcare STAR $16.48
Molina Healthcare CHIP $16.48
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $16.48
Oscar MGMCR $17.47
Devoted Health MGMCR $17.83
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $17.83
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $17.83
BCBS MCRPPO $17.83
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $17.83
United SmallGroup $17.83
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $17.83
United AllPayerAppendix $17.83
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $17.83
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $17.83
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $17.83
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $17.83
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $17.83
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $17.83
WellMed MGMCR $17.92
Van Lang IPA MCR $18.01
United MCR $18.19
WellCare SNP $18.36
WellCare PPO $18.36
WellCare POS $18.36
WellCare MCRHMO $18.36
WellCare PFFS $18.36
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $18.36
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $18.72
Shared Health MGMCR $18.72
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $18.72
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $18.72
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $18.72
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $18.72
Superior Health Plan PFFS $18.72
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $18.72
American Health Plan MGMCR $18.72
Humana MCD $18.73
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $18.90
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $18.90
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $18.90
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $18.90
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $18.90
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $19.30
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $19.30
Molina MGMCR $19.43
Verda Health Plan MCR $23.18
Superior ValueHMO $25.85
Community Health Choice HIX $25.85
Superior EPO $27.64
Superior HMO $27.64
BCBS MyBlueHealth $36.02
Superior Health Plan CHIP $36.56
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $36.56
Superior Health Plan STARKids $36.56
Superior Health Plan STAR $36.56
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $36.56
Molina Healthcare HIX $38.33
BCBS BAV $39.76
BCBS HMO $49.75
Oscar HIX $51.53
BCBS EPOSOA $53.31
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $53.48
BCBS PPO $56.88
Aetna QHPExchange $65.31
Cigna CSN $73.87
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $80.01
Aetna NBPPO $86.86
Aetna NBPOS $86.86
Aetna NBHMO $86.86
Aetna COMMPPO $92.28
Aetna COMMHMO $92.28
Aetna COMMPOS $92.28
Cigna PPO $95.19
United OptionsPPO $102.36
Aetna OONPPO $108.40
Aetna OONHMO $108.40
Aetna OONPOS $108.40
Aetna ASAPPO $117.21
Aetna ASAHMO $117.21
Aetna ASAPOS $117.21
Evry Health BroadNetwork $166.33
BCBS Traditional $213.25
Humana HMO $238.15
Humana PPO $238.15
United GlobalAppendix $274.18
Coventry National First Health COMM $324.75
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Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $133.00 $12.84 – $380.00
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HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $14.68 – $73.87
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