Svc 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

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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.

$64.30 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,163.82 with United — 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 $64.30
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $64.30
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $64.30
Superior Health Plan STAR $64.30
Superior Health Plan STARKids $64.30
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $119.63
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $119.63
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $119.63
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $119.63
United MGMCD $122.02
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $129.20
Molina Healthcare CHIP $130.85
Molina Healthcare STAR $130.85
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $130.85
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $130.85
Humana MCD $148.69
United OptionsPPO $180.03
Cigna CSN $241.28
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $261.12
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $273.26
Evry Health BroadNetwork $292.55
Cigna PPO $310.40
BCBS Traditional $375.07
Aetna QHPExchange $400.09
Curative Administrators COMM $428.65
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $428.65
United GlobalAppendix $482.23
Aetna NBPOS $531.76
Aetna NBHMO $531.76
Aetna NBPPO $531.76
Aetna COMMHMO $565.67
Aetna COMMPPO $565.67
Aetna COMMPOS $565.67
Coventry National First Health COMM $571.17
Aetna OONHMO $665.12
Aetna OONPOS $665.12
Aetna OONPPO $665.12
Aetna ASAPOS $718.81
Aetna ASAHMO $718.81
Aetna ASAPPO $718.81
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,109.70
BCBS BAV $1,406.04
Humana PPO $1,446.61
Humana HMO $1,446.61
BCBS HMO $2,143.73
BCBS EPOSOA $2,295.06
BCBS PPO $2,440.07
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,671.67
United SmallGroup $3,163.82
United AllPayerAppendix $3,163.82

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Svc venogram s&i at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,691.55 $118.95 – $4,833.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,691.55 $118.95 – $4,833.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $116.57 – $1,109.70
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $118.95 – $1,109.70
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,934.62 $118.95 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,040.37 $419.98 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,864.99 $118.95 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,934.62 $118.95 – $3,967.42

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