Serpina1 gene 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.

$36.67 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $583.09 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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $36.67
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $36.67
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $36.67
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $36.67
United MGMCD $37.40
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $39.60
Molina Healthcare STAR $40.34
Molina Healthcare CHIP $40.34
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $40.34
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $40.34
Oscar MGMCR $42.78
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $43.65
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $43.65
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $43.65
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $43.65
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $43.65
United AllPayerAppendix $43.65
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $43.65
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $43.65
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $43.65
BCBS MCRPPO $43.65
Devoted Health MGMCR $43.65
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $43.65
United SmallGroup $43.65
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $43.65
WellMed MGMCR $43.87
Van Lang IPA MCR $44.09
United MCR $44.52
WellCare PFFS $44.96
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $44.96
WellCare PPO $44.96
WellCare SNP $44.96
WellCare POS $44.96
WellCare MCRHMO $44.96
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $45.83
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $45.83
Superior Health Plan PFFS $45.83
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $45.83
Shared Health MGMCR $45.83
American Health Plan MGMCR $45.83
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $45.83
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $45.83
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $45.83
Humana MCD $45.84
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $46.27
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $46.27
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $46.27
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $46.27
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $46.27
Molina MGMCR $47.58
Verda Health Plan MCR $56.74
Community Health Choice HIX $63.29
Superior ValueHMO $63.29
Superior EPO $67.66
Superior HMO $67.66
BCBS MyBlueHealth $88.17
Molina Healthcare HIX $93.85
BCBS BAV $97.34
BCBS HMO $121.78
Oscar HIX $126.15
BCBS EPOSOA $130.51
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $130.95
BCBS PPO $139.24
Aetna QHPExchange $159.88
Cigna CSN $179.82
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $194.78
Aetna NBHMO $212.62
Aetna NBPPO $212.62
Aetna NBPOS $212.62
Aetna COMMPOS $225.89
Aetna COMMHMO $225.89
Aetna COMMPPO $225.89
Cigna PPO $231.74
Aetna OONPOS $265.36
Aetna OONPPO $265.36
Aetna OONHMO $265.36
Aetna ASAPOS $286.92
Aetna ASAHMO $286.92
Aetna ASAPPO $286.92
Humana PPO $583.09
Humana HMO $583.09
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Serpina1 gene at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $700.70 $31.43 – $2,002.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $700.70 $31.43 – $2,002.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $35.94 – $179.82
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $36.67 – $179.82
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $335.18 $35.00 – $418.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $310.54 $36.00 – $465.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $310.54 $36.00 – $388.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $335.18 $35.00 – $418.97

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