Scan duplex upper extremity arteries unilateral/limited study left 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

$1,066.23

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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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$1,066.23

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.

$63.97 with Superior Health Plan vs $989.49 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

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 STAR $63.97 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $63.97 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $63.97 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $63.97 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $63.97 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $108.97 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $108.97 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $108.97 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $108.97 ↓ -90%
United MGMCD $111.15 ↓ -90%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $117.57 ↓ -89%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $117.57 ↓ -89%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $117.57 ↓ -89%
Molina Healthcare STAR $117.57 ↓ -89%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $117.69 ↓ -89%
Humana MCD $133.60 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $157.80 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $170.60 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $179.13 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $202.58 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $207.91 ↓ -81%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $247.08 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $271.89 ↓ -74%
BCBS BAV $272.42 ↓ -74%
Aetna QHPExchange $282.55 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $291.08 ↓ -73%
BCBS PPO $341.06 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $341.06 ↓ -68%
BCBS HMO $341.06 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $342.26 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $342.26 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $342.26 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPPO $364.65 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $364.65 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $364.65 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $373.18 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $426.49 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $426.49 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $427.56 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $427.56 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $427.56 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPPO $461.68 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $461.68 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $461.68 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $479.80 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $568.30 ↓ -47%
Humana PPO $989.49 ↓ -7%
Humana HMO $989.49 ↓ -7%

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Scan duplex upper extremity arteries unilateral/limited study left at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $595.35 $106.88 – $1,701.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $595.35 $106.88 – $1,701.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $104.74 – $366.03
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $106.88 – $366.03
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,428.86 $406.52 – $406.52
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $702.13 $99.77 – $877.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $622.57 $128.15 – $1,117.00
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