Protein s total 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.

$9.75 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $638.25 with Coventry National First Health — 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 CHIP $9.75
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $9.75
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $9.75
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $9.75
United MGMCD $9.95
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $10.53
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $10.73
Molina Healthcare CHIP $10.73
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $10.73
Molina Healthcare STAR $10.73
Oscar MGMCR $11.38
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $11.61
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $11.61
United AllPayerAppendix $11.61
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $11.61
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $11.61
Devoted Health MGMCR $11.61
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11.61
United SmallGroup $11.61
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $11.61
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $11.61
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $11.61
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $11.61
BCBS MCRPPO $11.61
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $11.61
WellMed MGMCR $11.67
Van Lang IPA MCR $11.73
United MCR $11.84
WellCare MCRHMO $11.96
WellCare POS $11.96
WellCare PFFS $11.96
WellCare PPO $11.96
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $11.96
WellCare SNP $11.96
American Health Plan MGMCR $12.19
Humana MCD $12.19
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $12.19
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $12.19
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $12.19
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $12.19
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $12.19
Superior Health Plan PFFS $12.19
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $12.19
Shared Health MGMCR $12.19
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $12.31
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $12.31
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $12.31
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $12.31
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $12.31
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $12.57
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $12.57
Molina MGMCR $12.65
Verda Health Plan MCR $15.09
Community Health Choice HIX $16.83
Superior ValueHMO $16.83
Superior EPO $18.00
Superior HMO $18.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $23.45
Molina Healthcare HIX $24.96
BCBS BAV $25.89
BCBS HMO $32.39
Oscar HIX $33.55
BCBS EPOSOA $34.71
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $34.82
BCBS PPO $37.04
Aetna QHPExchange $42.51
Cigna CSN $47.41
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $51.36
Aetna NBPPO $56.54
Aetna NBPOS $56.54
Aetna NBHMO $56.54
Aetna COMMHMO $60.06
Aetna COMMPPO $60.06
Aetna COMMPOS $60.06
Cigna PPO $61.10
Aetna OONPOS $70.56
Aetna OONHMO $70.56
Aetna OONPPO $70.56
Superior Health Plan CHIP $71.85
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $71.85
Superior Health Plan STARKids $71.85
Superior Health Plan STAR $71.85
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $71.85
Aetna ASAPOS $76.29
Aetna ASAHMO $76.29
Aetna ASAPPO $76.29
Humana PPO $155.05
Humana HMO $155.05
United OptionsPPO $201.17
Evry Health BroadNetwork $326.91
BCBS Traditional $419.11
United GlobalAppendix $538.86
Coventry National First Health COMM $638.25
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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