Test pathogen(s) for platelets reference at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
$225.84
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.
$225.84
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.
$13.55 with Superior Health Plan vs $435.79 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.
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 | CHIP | $13.55 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $13.55 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $13.55 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $13.55 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $13.55 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $29.36 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $29.36 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $29.36 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $29.36 | ↓ -87% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $33.84 | ↓ -85% |
| United | SmallGroup | $33.84 | ↓ -85% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $33.84 | ↓ -85% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $37.94 | ↓ -83% |
| Oscar | HIX | $44.04 | ↓ -80% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $57.59 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $61.65 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $71.71 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | HMO | $72.07 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | PPO | $72.07 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $79.04 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | BAV | $79.17 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $90.34 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $90.34 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | HMO | $99.05 | ↓ -56% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $101.63 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $106.15 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS | PPO | $113.25 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $120.37 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | CSN | $161.77 | ↓ -28% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $175.22 | ↓ -22% |
| Cigna | PPO | $208.47 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $242.83 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $322.94 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $322.94 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $322.94 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $343.09 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $343.09 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $343.09 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $403.04 | ↑ +78% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $403.04 | ↑ +78% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $403.04 | ↑ +78% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $435.79 | ↑ +93% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $435.79 | ↑ +93% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $435.79 | ↑ +93% |
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Test pathogen(s) for platelets reference at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $75.95 | $38.25 – $217.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $75.95 | $38.25 – $217.00 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $29.90 | $8.47 – $151.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $56.35 | $11.60 – $151.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $56.35 | $11.27 – $151.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $29.90 | $7.97 – $151.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $56.35 | $12.00 – $151.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $56.35 | $8.00 – $151.53 |