Nebulizer Breathing Treatment at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
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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.
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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.
$4.59 with Superior Health Plan vs $594.19 with BCBS — 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 |
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| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $4.59 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $4.59 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $4.59 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $4.59 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $4.59 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $9.95 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $9.95 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $9.95 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $9.95 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $10.71 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $10.71 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $11.32 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $12.24 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $12.86 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $14.54 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $14.92 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $19.51 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $20.89 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $23.80 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $23.80 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $23.80 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $25.33 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $25.33 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $25.33 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $25.35 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $25.35 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $26.78 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $29.69 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $29.69 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $29.69 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $30.61 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $30.61 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $32.06 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $32.06 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $32.06 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $34.43 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $39.64 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $57.39 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $65.04 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $430.47 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $474.62 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $594.19 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $594.19 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $594.19 | — |
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Nebulizer Breathing Treatment at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $203.35 | $47.84 – $581.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $203.35 | $100.00 – $581.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $160.12 | $430.47 – $430.47 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $136.50 | $219.97 – $428.95 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $387.50 | $219.97 – $879.90 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $136.50 | $219.97 – $879.90 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $430.47 – $430.47 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $957.84 | $708.25 – $708.25 |