MRI guid ndl plc s&i at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
$2,173.48
Cash price 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.
$2,173.48
Gross charge 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.
$130.41 with Superior Health Plan vs $5,572.44 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $130.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $130.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $130.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $130.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $130.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $282.55 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $282.55 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $282.55 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $282.55 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | CSN | $321.68 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $347.76 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $365.14 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | PPO | $412.96 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $586.84 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $720.54 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $760.72 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $869.39 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | BAV | $912.96 | ↓ -58% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $978.07 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,158.46 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,210.00 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,301.00 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,391.96 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,490.22 | ↓ -31% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,584.38 | ↓ -27% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $1,605.00 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,605.00 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,605.00 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,706.00 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,706.00 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,706.00 | ↓ -22% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $1,738.78 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $2,007.00 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $2,007.00 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $2,007.00 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $2,168.00 | ↓ -0% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $2,168.00 | ↓ -0% |
| Humana | HMO | $5,572.44 | ↑ +156% |
| Humana | PPO | $5,572.44 | ↑ +156% |
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MRI guid ndl plc s&i at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $1,161.65 | $100.00 – $3,319.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $1,161.65 | $100.00 – $3,319.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $720.54 – $5,572.44 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $720.54 – $5,572.44 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,037.97 | $294.09 – $2,149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,264.76 | $260.33 – $2,149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,354.55 | $270.91 – $2,149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,037.97 | $276.79 – $2,149.00 |