Scan duplex lower extremity arteries complete bilateral 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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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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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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$230.12 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,077.05 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $230.12
Superior Health Plan STARKids $230.12
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $230.12
Superior Health Plan STAR $230.12
Superior Health Plan CHIP $230.12
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 STARPLUS $256.87
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $256.87
Molina Healthcare STAR $256.87
Humana MCD $291.90
BCBS MyBlueHealth $516.95
Cigna CSN $567.64
BCBS BAV $569.97
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $613.66
United OptionsPPO $644.35
BCBS HMO $713.57
BCBS PPO $713.57
BCBS EPOSOA $713.57
Cigna PPO $728.72
Oscar HIX $747.90
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $978.02
Aetna QHPExchange $1,016.38
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,047.06
Aetna NBHMO $1,231.16
Aetna NBPOS $1,231.16
Aetna NBPPO $1,231.16
Aetna COMMPOS $1,311.70
Aetna COMMHMO $1,311.70
Aetna COMMPPO $1,311.70
BCBS Traditional $1,342.39
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,534.16
Curative Administrators COMM $1,534.16
Aetna OONPPO $1,537.99
Aetna OONHMO $1,537.99
Aetna OONPOS $1,537.99
Aetna ASAPOS $1,660.72
Aetna ASAPPO $1,660.72
Aetna ASAHMO $1,660.72
United GlobalAppendix $1,725.93
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,044.26
Humana PPO $2,077.05
Humana HMO $2,077.05

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Scan duplex lower extremity arteries complete bilateral at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,085.35 $233.52 – $3,101.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,085.35 $233.52 – $3,101.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $228.85 – $739.37
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $230.13 – $739.37
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $2,124.64 $850.54 – $850.54
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,177.09 $227.71 – $1,471.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $971.41 $199.95 – $1,457.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $970.20 $227.71 – $1,212.75

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