Mayo thyroglobulin 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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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.

$10.29 with Superior Health Plan vs $214.56 with Humana — 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $10.29
Superior Health Plan CHIP $10.29
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $10.29
Superior Health Plan STAR $10.29
Superior Health Plan STARKids $10.29
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $13.49
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $13.49
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $13.49
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $13.49
United MGMCD $13.76
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $14.57
Molina Healthcare STAR $14.84
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $14.84
Molina Healthcare CHIP $14.84
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $14.84
Oscar MGMCR $15.74
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $16.06
United AllPayerAppendix $16.06
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.06
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $16.06
Devoted Health MGMCR $16.06
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.06
BCBS MCRPPO $16.06
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $16.06
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $16.06
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $16.06
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $16.06
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $16.06
United SmallGroup $16.06
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.06
WellMed MGMCR $16.14
Van Lang IPA MCR $16.22
United MCR $16.38
WellCare PFFS $16.54
WellCare SNP $16.54
WellCare PPO $16.54
WellCare POS $16.54
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $16.54
WellCare MCRHMO $16.54
American Health Plan MGMCR $16.86
Humana MCD $16.86
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $16.86
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $16.86
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $16.86
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $16.86
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $16.86
Superior Health Plan PFFS $16.86
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $16.86
Shared Health MGMCR $16.86
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $17.02
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $17.02
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $17.02
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $17.02
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $17.02
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $17.38
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $17.38
Molina MGMCR $17.51
Verda Health Plan MCR $20.88
Community Health Choice HIX $23.29
Superior ValueHMO $23.29
Superior EPO $24.89
Superior HMO $24.89
United OptionsPPO $28.80
BCBS MyBlueHealth $32.44
Molina Healthcare HIX $34.53
BCBS BAV $35.81
BCBS HMO $44.81
Oscar HIX $46.41
Evry Health BroadNetwork $46.81
BCBS EPOSOA $48.02
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $48.18
BCBS PPO $51.23
Aetna QHPExchange $58.85
BCBS Traditional $60.01
Cigna CSN $65.51
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $70.96
United GlobalAppendix $77.15
Aetna NBHMO $78.27
Aetna NBPOS $78.27
Aetna NBPPO $78.27
Aetna COMMPPO $83.15
Aetna COMMPOS $83.15
Aetna COMMHMO $83.15
Cigna PPO $84.43
Coventry National First Health COMM $91.38
Aetna OONPPO $97.68
Aetna OONPOS $97.68
Aetna OONHMO $97.68
Aetna ASAPOS $105.62
Aetna ASAHMO $105.62
Aetna ASAPPO $105.62
Humana PPO $214.56
Humana HMO $214.56
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Mayo thyroglobulin at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $40.95 $11.56 – $117.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $296.00 $13.22 – $65.51
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $40.95 $11.56 – $117.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $13.49 – $65.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $214.12 $10.00 – $162.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $203.93 $12.00 – $189.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $203.93 $12.00 – $144.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $214.12 $10.00 – $162.25

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