Plasmaprotein fract,5%,250ml 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.
$47.86 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $450.23 with Aetna — 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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| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $47.86 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $47.86 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $47.86 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $47.86 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $48.82 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $51.69 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $103.66 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $114.24 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $130.56 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $141.35 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $142.80 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $142.80 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $142.80 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $168.32 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $250.88 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $279.54 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $279.54 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $333.64 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $333.64 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $333.64 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $354.46 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $354.46 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $354.46 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $416.40 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $416.40 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $416.40 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $450.23 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $450.23 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $450.23 | — |
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Plasmaprotein fract,5%,250ml at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $47.86 – $279.54 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $47.86 – $279.54 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $134.05 | $47.00 – $689.40 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $134.05 | $47.00 – $651.10 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $134.05 | $47.00 – $850.26 |
| St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital | Caldwell | $134.05 | $47.00 – $689.40 |
| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $49.68 | $38.96 – $39.88 |
| Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $49.68 | $22.49 – $39.88 |