Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj lmb-scr w/img ini at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
$11,634.79
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.
$11,634.79
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.
$1,167.76 with United vs $19,000.00 with United — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | MGMCD | $1,167.76 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $1,197.10 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $1,197.10 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $1,197.10 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $1,197.10 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $1,218.86 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $1,218.86 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $1,218.86 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $1,218.86 | ↓ -90% |
| Humana | MCD | $1,360.34 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $1,373.83 | ↓ -88% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,954.64 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $2,156.00 | ↓ -81% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $2,369.00 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $2,369.00 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $2,369.00 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $2,369.00 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $2,369.00 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $2,864.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $2,864.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $3,044.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $3,044.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $3,108.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $3,303.00 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $3,582.00 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $3,582.00 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $3,870.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $3,870.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $3,886.00 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $4,072.18 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $4,197.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $4,653.92 | ↓ -60% |
| Humana | PPO | $4,690.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Humana | HMO | $4,690.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $4,988.00 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $5,235.66 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $5,611.77 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS | BAV | $5,666.52 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS | HMO | $5,666.52 | ↓ -51% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $5,849.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $6,077.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $6,201.34 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $6,569.88 | ↓ -44% |
| Oscar | HIX | $7,014.00 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS | PPO | $7,473.24 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | CSN | $11,690.00 | ↑ +0% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $12,665.00 | ↑ +9% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $13,134.00 | ↑ +13% |
| United | SmallGroup | $13,300.00 | ↑ +14% |
| Cigna | PPO | $15,059.00 | ↑ +29% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $19,000.00 | ↑ +63% |
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Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj lmb-scr w/img ini at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $1,162.70 | $896.94 – $3,322.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $16,862.00 | $1,066.50 – $4,763.16 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $1,162.70 | $896.94 – $3,322.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $1,088.27 – $4,763.16 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $4,811.54 | $1,088.27 – $8,018.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $4,432.24 | $71.00 – $8,649.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $4,172.87 | $71.00 – $8,649.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $4,811.54 | $1,088.27 – $8,018.48 |