Phencyclidine (pcp) 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

$752.56

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$752.56

Gross charge

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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.

$0.05 with Aetna vs $602.05 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance — 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
Aetna QHPExchange $0.05 ↓ -100%
Aetna NBPPO $0.06 ↓ -100%
Aetna NBHMO $0.06 ↓ -100%
Aetna NBPOS $0.06 ↓ -100%
Aetna COMMPPO $0.07 ↓ -100%
Aetna COMMHMO $0.07 ↓ -100%
Aetna COMMPOS $0.07 ↓ -100%
Aetna OONPOS $0.08 ↓ -100%
Aetna OONHMO $0.08 ↓ -100%
Aetna OONPPO $0.08 ↓ -100%
Aetna ASAPPO $0.09 ↓ -100%
Aetna ASAPOS $0.09 ↓ -100%
Aetna ASAHMO $0.09 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $14.11 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $14.11 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $14.11 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $14.11 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $14.39 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $15.24 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $15.52 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $15.52 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $15.52 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $15.52 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $17.64 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $41.52 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $41.52 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $41.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $45.15 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $45.15 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $45.15 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $45.15 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $45.15 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $51.69 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $57.07 ↓ -92%
BCBS HMO $71.40 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $76.51 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $81.63 ↓ -89%
United OptionsPPO $126.43 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $146.75 ↓ -80%
Cigna CSN $151.94 ↓ -80%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $164.57 ↓ -78%
Humana PPO $182.64 ↓ -76%
Humana HMO $182.64 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $191.90 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $195.80 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $203.19 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $205.45 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $263.40 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $301.02 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $338.65 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $401.11 ↓ -47%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $602.05 ↓ -20%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Phencyclidine (pcp) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $21.00 $0.05 – $151.94
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $0.05 – $151.94
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $115.40 $10.00 – $163.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $106.85 $12.00 – $160.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $101.77 $12.00 – $132.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $115.40 $10.00 – $163.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $106.85 $12.00 – $161.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $106.85 $8.00 – $160.28

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