Morphometric analysis tumor ihc qn/sq per specimen each single antibody stain manual 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.

$22.32 with Superior Health Plan vs $909.20 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 CHIP $22.32
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $22.32
Superior Health Plan STARKids $22.32
Superior Health Plan STAR $22.32
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $22.32
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $48.36
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $48.36
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $48.36
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $48.36
United OptionsPPO $62.50
Oscar HIX $72.54
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $94.86
Evry Health BroadNetwork $101.56
BCBS Traditional $130.20
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $148.80
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16
United SmallGroup $149.16
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $149.16
United GlobalAppendix $167.40
Coventry National First Health COMM $198.28
BCBS MyBlueHealth $289.87
Aetna QHPExchange $305.06
BCBS BAV $320.00
Cigna CSN $321.72
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $348.47
BCBS HMO $400.37
Aetna NBPPO $405.69
Aetna NBPOS $405.69
Aetna NBHMO $405.69
Cigna PPO $414.59
BCBS EPOSOA $429.07
Aetna COMMHMO $431.00
Aetna COMMPOS $431.00
Aetna COMMPPO $431.00
BCBS PPO $457.76
Aetna OONPOS $506.32
Aetna OONPPO $506.32
Aetna OONHMO $506.32
Aetna ASAPOS $547.46
Aetna ASAHMO $547.46
Aetna ASAPPO $547.46
Humana HMO $909.20
Humana PPO $909.20
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Morphometric analysis tumor ihc qn/sq per specimen each single antibody stain manual at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $249.55 $88.10 – $713.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $249.55 $192.51 – $713.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $649.56 $149.16 – $909.20
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $149.16 – $909.20
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $556.75 $552.48 – $552.48
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $285.90 $35.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $239.95 $36.00 – $423.12
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