Speech and Language Evaluation (comprehensive) at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER

1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$1,164.59

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.

$1,164.59

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.

$69.88 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,348.56 with Aetna — 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 STARPLUS $69.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $69.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $69.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $69.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $69.88 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $151.40 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $151.40 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $151.40 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $151.40 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $163.04 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $163.04 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $195.65 ↓ -83%
Oscar MGMCR $222.38 ↓ -81%
WellMed MGMCR $225.79 ↓ -81%
Devoted Health MGMCR $226.92 ↓ -81%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $226.92 ↓ -81%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $226.92 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup DualEligible $226.92 ↓ -81%
BCBS MCRPPO $226.92 ↓ -81%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $226.92 ↓ -81%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $226.92 ↓ -81%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $226.92 ↓ -81%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $226.92 ↓ -81%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $226.92 ↓ -81%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $226.92 ↓ -81%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $226.92 ↓ -81%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $226.93 ↓ -81%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $226.93 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $227.10 ↓ -80%
Van Lang IPA MCR $229.19 ↓ -80%
United MCR $231.46 ↓ -80%
WellCare POS $233.73 ↓ -80%
WellCare PFFS $233.73 ↓ -80%
WellCare PPO $233.73 ↓ -80%
WellCare SNP $233.73 ↓ -80%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $233.73 ↓ -80%
WellCare MCRHMO $233.73 ↓ -80%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $238.27 ↓ -80%
American Health Plan MGMCR $238.27 ↓ -80%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $238.27 ↓ -80%
Shared Health MGMCR $238.27 ↓ -80%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $238.27 ↓ -80%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $238.27 ↓ -80%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $238.27 ↓ -80%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $238.27 ↓ -80%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $238.27 ↓ -80%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $240.54 ↓ -79%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $240.54 ↓ -79%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $240.54 ↓ -79%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $240.54 ↓ -79%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $240.54 ↓ -79%
Molina MGMCR $247.34 ↓ -79%
Verda Health Plan MCR $295.00 ↓ -75%
Community Health Choice HIX $329.03 ↓ -72%
Superior ValueHMO $329.03 ↓ -72%
Superior EPO $351.73 ↓ -70%
Superior HMO $351.73 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $385.83 ↓ -67%
Humana PPO $385.83 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $407.61 ↓ -65%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $467.20 ↓ -60%
Molina Healthcare HIX $487.88 ↓ -58%
BCBS BAV $515.12 ↓ -56%
United GlobalAppendix $524.07 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $603.26 ↓ -48%
BCBS PPO $644.90 ↓ -45%
BCBS HMO $644.90 ↓ -45%
BCBS EPOSOA $644.90 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $873.44 ↓ -25%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $989.90 ↓ -15%
Aetna NBHMO $999.61 ↓ -14%
Aetna NBPPO $999.61 ↓ -14%
Aetna NBPOS $999.61 ↓ -14%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,060.56 ↓ -9%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,060.56 ↓ -9%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,060.56 ↓ -9%
Aetna OONPPO $1,249.52 ↑ +7%
Aetna OONPOS $1,249.52 ↑ +7%
Aetna OONHMO $1,249.52 ↑ +7%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,348.56 ↑ +16%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,348.56 ↑ +16%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,348.56 ↑ +16%

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Speech and Language Evaluation (comprehensive) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $284.90 $100.00 – $814.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $284.90 $100.00 – $814.00
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $342.00 $226.92 – $442.49
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston $209.50 $226.92 – $907.68
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $342.00 $226.92 – $907.68
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $222.38 – $487.88
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $222.38 – $487.88
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $509.73 $768.69 – $768.69

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