Nuclear rx intracav admin 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.
$93.24 with BCBS vs $899.02 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 |
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| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $93.24 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $118.15 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $131.99 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $131.99 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $131.99 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $131.99 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $134.63 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $142.55 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $144.08 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $144.08 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $144.08 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $144.08 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $163.72 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $180.13 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $192.85 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $205.03 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $318.18 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $422.89 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $422.89 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $422.89 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $449.85 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $449.85 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $449.85 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $474.28 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $528.94 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $528.94 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $528.94 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $561.65 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $561.65 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $571.64 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $571.64 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $571.64 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $899.02 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $899.02 | — |
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Nuclear rx intracav admin at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $93.24 – $318.18 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $93.24 – $318.18 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $749.55 | $105.96 – $936.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,115.27 | $178.01 – $1,672.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,171.04 | $130.98 – $1,463.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $749.55 | $121.32 – $936.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,115.27 | $140.15 – $1,672.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,115.27 | $130.98 – $1,672.90 |