Radphm lcl tmr plnr bdy sgl day img 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

$11,076.14

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.

$11,076.14

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.

$307.74 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $5,903.58 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 STAR $307.74 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $307.74 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $307.74 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $307.74 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $313.89 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $317.56 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $317.56 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $317.56 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $317.56 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $332.36 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $360.86 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $514.41 ↓ -95%
BCBS BAV $651.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $664.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $664.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $664.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $664.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $664.57 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $993.75 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,063.90 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $1,131.12 ↓ -90%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,530.63 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $1,860.79 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBHMO $2,034.35 ↓ -82%
Aetna NBPPO $2,034.35 ↓ -82%
Aetna NBPOS $2,034.35 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,164.06 ↓ -80%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,164.06 ↓ -80%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,164.06 ↓ -80%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,481.29 ↓ -78%
Aetna OONPPO $2,544.56 ↓ -77%
Aetna OONPOS $2,544.56 ↓ -77%
Aetna OONHMO $2,544.56 ↓ -77%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,749.94 ↓ -75%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,749.94 ↓ -75%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,749.94 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,824.42 ↓ -74%
United SmallGroup $2,938.37 ↓ -73%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,938.37 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $3,023.79 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $3,534.40 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $3,534.40 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $3,876.65 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4,430.46 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $4,430.46 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $4,984.26 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $5,903.58 ↓ -47%

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Radphm lcl tmr plnr bdy sgl day img at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,723.40 $288.69 – $4,924.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $17,049.00 $282.92 – $1,530.63
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,723.40 $288.69 – $4,924.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $7,310.02 $288.69 – $1,530.63
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,175.81 $275.66 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,175.81 $447.85 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,014.64 $275.66 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,175.81 $275.66 – $3,517.62

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