Tissue culture skin/biopsy at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
$6,334.15
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.
$6,334.15
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.
$118.21 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $3,376.10 with Coventry National First Health — 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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| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $118.21 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $118.21 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $118.21 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $118.21 | ↓ -98% |
| United | MGMCD | $120.57 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $127.67 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $130.03 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $130.03 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $130.03 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $130.03 | ↓ -98% |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $137.92 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $140.73 | ↓ -98% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $140.73 | ↓ -98% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $140.73 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $140.73 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $140.73 | ↓ -98% |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $140.73 | ↓ -98% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $140.73 | ↓ -98% |
| United | SmallGroup | $140.73 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $140.73 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $140.73 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $140.73 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $140.73 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $140.73 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $140.73 | ↓ -98% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $141.43 | ↓ -98% |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $142.14 | ↓ -98% |
| United | MCR | $143.54 | ↓ -98% |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $144.95 | ↓ -98% |
| WellCare | POS | $144.95 | ↓ -98% |
| WellCare | SNP | $144.95 | ↓ -98% |
| WellCare | PFFS | $144.95 | ↓ -98% |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $144.95 | ↓ -98% |
| WellCare | PPO | $144.95 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | MCD | $147.76 | ↓ -98% |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $147.77 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $147.77 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $147.77 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $147.77 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $147.77 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $147.77 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $147.77 | ↓ -98% |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $147.77 | ↓ -98% |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $147.77 | ↓ -98% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $149.17 | ↓ -98% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $149.17 | ↓ -98% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $149.17 | ↓ -98% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $149.17 | ↓ -98% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $149.17 | ↓ -98% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $152.31 | ↓ -98% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $152.31 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | MGMCR | $153.40 | ↓ -98% |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $182.95 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $204.06 | ↓ -97% |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $204.06 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior | EPO | $218.13 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior | HMO | $218.13 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $284.27 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $302.57 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | BAV | $313.83 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $380.05 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $380.05 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $380.05 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $380.05 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $380.05 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | HMO | $392.64 | ↓ -94% |
| Oscar | HIX | $406.71 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $420.78 | ↓ -93% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $422.19 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | PPO | $448.93 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $515.50 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | CSN | $578.49 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $626.58 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $685.55 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $685.55 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $685.55 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $728.33 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $728.33 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $728.33 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | PPO | $745.49 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $855.60 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $855.60 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $855.60 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $925.12 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $925.12 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $925.12 | ↓ -85% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,064.14 | ↓ -83% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $1,729.22 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,879.87 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,879.87 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,216.95 | ↓ -65% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $2,850.37 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $3,376.10 | ↓ -47% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Tissue culture skin/biopsy at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $236.95 | $101.33 – $677.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $594.00 | $115.85 – $578.49 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $236.95 | $101.33 – $677.00 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $147.50 | $140.73 – $585.44 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $147.50 | $140.73 – $585.44 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $147.50 | $140.73 – $585.44 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $118.21 – $578.49 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $687.36 | $35.00 – $859.20 |