Tc-99m mertiatide at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
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Cash price 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 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.
$83.74 with Superior Health Plan vs $9,055.57 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $83.74 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $83.74 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $83.74 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $83.74 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $83.74 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $181.44 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $181.44 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $181.44 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $181.44 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $234.48 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $272.17 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $355.91 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $376.85 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $381.03 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $448.03 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $448.03 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $448.03 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $477.34 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $477.34 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $477.34 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $488.51 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $558.29 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $558.29 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $559.69 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $559.69 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $559.69 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $604.35 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $604.35 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $604.35 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $628.08 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $743.92 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $1,116.58 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,308.90 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,308.90 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,308.90 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,512.49 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $1,666.83 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $2,083.54 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $2,083.54 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $2,083.54 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $9,055.57 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $9,055.57 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | CSN | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | not published by hospital | — |
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Tc-99m mertiatide at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $944.65 | $100.00 – $2,699.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $944.65 | $100.00 – $2,699.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $1,308.90 – $9,055.57 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $1,308.90 – $9,055.57 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $3,133.94 | $1,308.90 – $9,055.57 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $2,515.31 | $1,308.90 – $9,055.57 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $2,611.33 | $1,308.90 – $9,055.57 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $893.40 | $100.00 – $1,914.42 |