Platelets each unit at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
$225.84
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.
$225.84
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.
$13.55 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,366.27 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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| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $13.55 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $13.55 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $13.55 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $13.55 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $13.55 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $29.36 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $29.36 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $29.36 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $29.36 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | CSN | $33.42 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $36.13 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $36.81 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $37.94 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | BAV | $40.65 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | PPO | $42.91 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $44.04 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | HMO | $50.81 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $51.94 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | PPO | $52.85 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $57.59 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $61.65 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $79.04 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $90.34 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $90.34 | ↓ -60% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $101.63 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $120.37 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $761.32 | ↑ +237% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,012.46 | ↑ +348% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $1,012.46 | ↑ +348% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,012.46 | ↑ +348% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,075.64 | ↑ +376% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,075.64 | ↑ +376% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,075.64 | ↑ +376% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,119.61 | ↑ +396% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,119.61 | ↑ +396% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,263.60 | ↑ +460% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,263.60 | ↑ +460% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,263.60 | ↑ +460% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,366.27 | ↑ +505% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,366.27 | ↑ +505% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,366.27 | ↑ +505% |
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Platelets each unit at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $133.00 | $94.00 – $380.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $825.00 | $761.32 – $1,119.61 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $133.00 | $88.00 – $380.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $761.32 – $1,119.61 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $240.25 | $49.67 – $300.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $259.58 | $53.43 – $389.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $273.24 | $49.67 – $341.55 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $240.25 | $49.67 – $300.31 |