Slp pure tone screening 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

$117.00

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.

$117.00

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.

$7.02 with Superior Health Plan vs $114.64 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 CHIP $7.02 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $7.02 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $7.02 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $7.02 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $7.02 ↓ -94%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $12.46 ↓ -89%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $12.46 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $15.21 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $15.21 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $15.21 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $15.21 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $17.32 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $18.72 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $19.66 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $22.23 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $22.82 ↓ -80%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $27.82 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $29.84 ↓ -74%
BCBS BAV $30.68 ↓ -74%
Aetna QHPExchange $31.00 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $31.59 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $31.94 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBHMO $37.56 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $37.56 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $37.56 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $38.40 ↓ -67%
BCBS PPO $38.40 ↓ -67%
BCBS HMO $38.40 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMMPPO $40.01 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $40.01 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $40.01 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $40.95 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $46.80 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $46.92 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $46.92 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $46.92 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPPO $50.66 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $50.66 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $50.66 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $52.65 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $62.36 ↓ -47%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $93.60 ↓ -20%
Humana HMO $114.64 ↓ -2%
Humana PPO $114.64 ↓ -2%

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Slp pure tone screening at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $13.39 – $114.64
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $12.46 – $114.64
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $82.04 $23.24 – $116.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $95.55 $19.67 – $143.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $82.04 $16.41 – $102.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $82.04 $21.88 – $116.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $95.55 $30.67 – $143.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $95.55 $49.37 – $143.32

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