Scan duplex abd/pelvis/retroperitoneal complete 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.

$170.80 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,113.39 with Humana — 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 STARPLUS $170.80
Superior Health Plan STARKids $170.80
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $170.80
Superior Health Plan STAR $170.80
Superior Health Plan CHIP $170.80
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $230.13
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $230.13
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $230.13
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $230.13
United MGMCD $234.73
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $248.54
Molina Healthcare CHIP $256.87
Molina Healthcare STAR $256.87
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $256.87
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $256.87
Humana MCD $291.90
Cigna CSN $421.31
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $455.47
United OptionsPPO $478.24
BCBS MyBlueHealth $526.22
Cigna PPO $540.87
Oscar HIX $555.10
BCBS BAV $580.19
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $725.90
BCBS EPOSOA $726.36
BCBS HMO $726.36
BCBS PPO $726.36
Aetna QHPExchange $754.37
Evry Health BroadNetwork $777.14
Aetna NBPPO $913.78
Aetna NBHMO $913.78
Aetna NBPOS $913.78
Aetna COMMPPO $973.56
Aetna COMMPOS $973.56
Aetna COMMHMO $973.56
BCBS Traditional $996.34
Curative Administrators COMM $1,138.67
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,138.67
Aetna OONHMO $1,141.52
Aetna OONPPO $1,141.52
Aetna OONPOS $1,141.52
Aetna ASAPPO $1,232.61
Aetna ASAPOS $1,232.61
Aetna ASAHMO $1,232.61
United GlobalAppendix $1,281.01
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,517.28
Humana PPO $2,113.39
Humana HMO $2,113.39

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Scan duplex abd/pelvis/retroperitoneal complete at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,012.55 $233.52 – $2,893.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,012.55 $231.44 – $2,893.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $3,925.76 $230.13 – $768.48
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $228.85 – $768.48
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $2,939.72 $865.79 – $865.79
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,044.65 $227.71 – $1,305.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $896.00 $184.43 – $1,344.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $942.10 $227.71 – $1,177.62

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