Sinus/juglr venogram s&i 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

$7,395.34

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.

$7,395.34

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.

$126.30 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $10,724.85 with BCBS — 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 $126.30 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $126.30 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $126.30 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $126.30 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $128.83 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $136.40 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $138.20 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $138.20 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $138.20 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $138.20 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $157.05 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $265.29 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $287.11 ↓ -96%
Cigna PPO $341.29 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPExchange $433.93 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $443.72 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $443.72 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $443.72 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $443.72 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $443.72 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPOS $576.74 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBHMO $576.74 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPPO $576.74 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMHMO $613.51 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPPO $613.51 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPOS $613.51 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPOS $721.38 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONHMO $721.38 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPPO $721.38 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPOS $779.61 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPPO $779.61 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAHMO $779.61 ↓ -89%
United OptionsPPO $1,242.42 ↓ -83%
Humana PPO $1,546.15 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $1,546.15 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,885.81 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,018.93 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $2,588.37 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,958.14 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,958.14 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $3,327.90 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,941.72 ↓ -47%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4,877.45 ↓ -34%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5,437.15 ↓ -26%
BCBS BAV $6,179.95 ↓ -16%
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74 ↓ -13%
United SmallGroup $6,438.74 ↓ -13%
BCBS HMO $9,422.35 ↑ +27%
BCBS EPOSOA $10,087.46 ↑ +36%
BCBS PPO $10,724.85 ↑ +45%

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Sinus/juglr venogram s&i at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $2,881.55 $125.64 – $8,233.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $13,705.00 $123.13 – $4,877.45
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $2,881.55 $125.64 – $8,233.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $2,140.30 $125.64 – $4,877.45
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,052.67 $125.64 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,052.67 $422.51 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,855.99 $125.64 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,052.67 $125.64 – $7,896.23

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