Mayo ticks babesia microti antibody igg 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.

$10.41 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $218.61 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 CHIP $10.41
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $10.41
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $10.41
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $10.41
United MGMCD $10.62
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $11.24
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $11.45
Molina Healthcare CHIP $11.45
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $11.45
Molina Healthcare STAR $11.45
Oscar MGMCR $12.14
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $12.39
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $12.39
United AllPayerAppendix $12.39
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.39
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $12.39
Devoted Health MGMCR $12.39
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $12.39
United SmallGroup $12.39
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $12.39
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $12.39
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $12.39
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.39
BCBS MCRPPO $12.39
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $12.39
WellMed MGMCR $12.45
Van Lang IPA MCR $12.51
United MCR $12.64
WellCare MCRHMO $12.76
WellCare POS $12.76
WellCare PFFS $12.76
WellCare PPO $12.76
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $12.76
WellCare SNP $12.76
American Health Plan MGMCR $13.01
Humana MCD $13.01
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $13.01
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $13.01
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $13.01
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $13.01
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $13.01
Superior Health Plan PFFS $13.01
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $13.01
Shared Health MGMCR $13.01
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $13.13
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $13.13
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $13.13
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $13.13
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $13.13
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $13.41
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $13.41
Molina MGMCR $13.51
Verda Health Plan MCR $16.11
Community Health Choice HIX $17.97
Superior ValueHMO $17.97
Superior EPO $19.20
Superior HMO $19.20
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $24.61
Superior Health Plan STAR $24.61
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $24.61
Superior Health Plan CHIP $24.61
Superior Health Plan STARKids $24.61
BCBS MyBlueHealth $25.03
Molina Healthcare HIX $26.64
BCBS BAV $27.63
BCBS HMO $34.57
Oscar HIX $35.81
BCBS EPOSOA $37.05
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $37.16
BCBS PPO $39.52
Aetna QHPExchange $45.40
Cigna CSN $51.57
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $55.86
Aetna NBPOS $60.38
Aetna NBPPO $60.38
Aetna NBHMO $60.38
Aetna COMMPPO $64.15
Aetna COMMPOS $64.15
Aetna COMMHMO $64.15
Cigna PPO $66.46
United OptionsPPO $68.91
Aetna OONPOS $75.36
Aetna OONHMO $75.36
Aetna OONPPO $75.36
Aetna ASAPPO $81.48
Aetna ASAPOS $81.48
Aetna ASAHMO $81.48
Evry Health BroadNetwork $111.97
BCBS Traditional $143.55
Humana PPO $165.44
Humana HMO $165.44
United GlobalAppendix $184.57
Coventry National First Health COMM $218.61
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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