Radphm lcl tomogr sgl area sgl day 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.

$361.73 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,357.83 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.

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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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $361.73
Superior Health Plan CHIP $361.73
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $361.73
Superior Health Plan STAR $361.73
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $361.73
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $380.24
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $380.24
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $380.24
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $380.24
United MGMCD $387.84
Molina Healthcare CHIP $390.71
Molina Healthcare STAR $390.71
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $390.71
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $390.71
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $410.66
Humana MCD $443.99
BCBS MyBlueHealth $528.37
BCBS BAV $669.47
United OptionsPPO $1,012.85
BCBS HMO $1,020.71
BCBS EPOSOA $1,092.76
BCBS PPO $1,161.81
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,537.36
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,645.88
Aetna QHPExchange $1,868.98
Humana HMO $1,923.81
Humana PPO $1,923.81
BCBS Traditional $2,110.10
Curative Administrators COMM $2,411.54
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,411.54
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,481.29
Aetna NBPOS $2,484.05
Aetna NBHMO $2,484.05
Aetna NBPPO $2,484.05
Aetna COMMPOS $2,642.44
Aetna COMMHMO $2,642.44
Aetna COMMPPO $2,642.44
United GlobalAppendix $2,712.98
United SmallGroup $2,938.37
United AllPayerAppendix $2,938.37
Aetna OONPPO $3,107.04
Aetna OONPOS $3,107.04
Aetna OONHMO $3,107.04
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,213.38
Aetna ASAPOS $3,357.83
Aetna ASAHMO $3,357.83
Aetna ASAPPO $3,357.83

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Radphm lcl tomogr sgl area sgl day at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $2,127.65 $355.19 – $6,079.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $2,127.65 $355.19 – $6,079.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $6,882.07 $355.19 – $1,868.98
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $348.09 – $1,868.98
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,723.06 $338.81 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,381.40 $490.17 – $3,572.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,381.40 $338.81 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,723.06 $338.81 – $3,517.62

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