Thromboplastin inhibition 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

$792.59

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$792.59

Gross charge

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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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$8.09 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $422.45 with Coventry National First Health — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $8.09 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $8.09 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $8.09 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $8.09 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $8.25 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $8.74 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $8.90 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $8.90 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $8.90 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $8.90 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $9.44 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $9.63 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $9.63 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.63 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.63 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $9.63 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $9.63 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9.63 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $9.63 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $9.63 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $9.63 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $9.63 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.63 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.63 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $9.63 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $9.68 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $9.73 ↓ -99%
United MCR $9.82 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $9.92 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $9.92 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $9.92 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $9.92 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $9.92 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $9.92 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $10.11 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $10.11 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $10.11 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $10.11 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $10.11 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $10.11 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $10.11 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $10.11 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $10.11 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $10.11 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $10.21 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $10.21 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $10.21 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $10.21 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $10.21 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $10.42 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $10.42 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $10.50 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $12.52 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $13.96 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $13.96 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $14.93 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $14.93 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $19.45 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $20.70 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $21.47 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $26.87 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $27.83 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $28.79 ↓ -96%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $28.89 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $30.72 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPExchange $35.28 ↓ -96%
Cigna CSN $39.01 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $42.26 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPPO $46.92 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBHMO $46.92 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPOS $46.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $47.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $47.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $47.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $47.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $47.56 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPPO $49.85 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPOS $49.85 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMHMO $49.85 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $50.28 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPPO $58.56 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPOS $58.56 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONHMO $58.56 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPPO $63.32 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAHMO $63.32 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPOS $63.32 ↓ -92%
Humana PPO $128.65 ↓ -84%
Humana HMO $128.65 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $133.16 ↓ -83%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $216.38 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $277.41 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $356.67 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $422.45 ↓ -47%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $12.15 $8.09 – $39.01
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