Rp loclzj tum spect w/ct 2 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.

$664.57 with Superior Health Plan vs $8,279.45 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 $664.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $664.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $664.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $664.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $664.57 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $846.69 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $846.69 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $846.69 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $846.69 ↓ -92%
United MGMCD $863.62 ↓ -92%
Molina Healthcare STAR $906.36 ↓ -92%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $906.36 ↓ -92%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $906.36 ↓ -92%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $906.36 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $914.43 ↓ -92%
Humana MCD $1,029.95 ↓ -91%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,495.65 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $1,860.79 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $1,895.05 ↓ -83%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,812.65 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,824.42 ↓ -74%
BCBS HMO $2,889.32 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $3,023.79 ↓ -73%
BCBS EPOSOA $3,093.27 ↓ -72%
BCBS PPO $3,288.73 ↓ -70%
United SmallGroup $3,330.77 ↓ -70%
United AllPayerAppendix $3,330.77 ↓ -70%
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%
Aetna QHPExchange $4,608.37 ↓ -58%
United GlobalAppendix $4,984.26 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $5,903.58 ↓ -47%
Aetna NBPPO $6,124.97 ↓ -45%
Aetna NBPOS $6,124.97 ↓ -45%
Aetna NBHMO $6,124.97 ↓ -45%
Aetna COMMHMO $6,515.51 ↓ -41%
Aetna COMMPPO $6,515.51 ↓ -41%
Aetna COMMPOS $6,515.51 ↓ -41%
Aetna OONPOS $7,661.09 ↓ -31%
Aetna OONHMO $7,661.09 ↓ -31%
Aetna OONPPO $7,661.09 ↓ -31%
Aetna ASAHMO $8,279.45 ↓ -25%
Aetna ASAPOS $8,279.45 ↓ -25%
Aetna ASAPPO $8,279.45 ↓ -25%

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Rp loclzj tum spect w/ct 2 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $5,042.80 $823.96 – $14,408.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $5,042.80 $823.96 – $14,408.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $807.48 – $4,608.37
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $823.96 – $4,608.37
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,814.88 $823.96 – $4,768.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,992.77 $616.01 – $4,489.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,513.45 $823.96 – $3,875.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,814.88 $823.96 – $4,768.60

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