Platelets leukoreduced cmv negative apheresis/phresis each unit 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

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Cash price

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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

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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.

$374.09 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $3,311.11 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.

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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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $374.09
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $374.09
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $374.09
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $374.09
United MGMCD $381.57
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $404.02
Aetna QHPExchange $885.43
Aetna NBPPO $1,177.52
Aetna NBHMO $1,177.52
Aetna NBPOS $1,177.52
Aetna COMMHMO $1,251.00
Aetna COMMPPO $1,251.00
Aetna COMMPOS $1,251.00
Aetna OONHMO $1,469.60
Aetna OONPOS $1,469.60
Aetna OONPPO $1,469.60
Aetna ASAPOS $1,589.00
Aetna ASAPPO $1,589.00
Aetna ASAHMO $1,589.00
Humana HMO $3,311.11
Humana PPO $3,311.11

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Platelets leukoreduced cmv negative apheresis/phresis each unit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $374.09 – $3,311.11
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $374.09 – $3,311.11
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,109.28 $233.99 – $1,386.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,109.28 $233.99 – $1,386.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,109.28 $233.99 – $1,386.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $1,109.28 $234.37 – $1,386.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $1,109.28 $203.37 – $1,386.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE Rowlett $1,109.28 $203.37 – $1,386.60

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