Transfusion blood/blood component(s) 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.
$32.98 with United vs $1,702.00 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.
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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| United | MGMCD | $32.98 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $33.80 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $33.80 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $33.80 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $33.80 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $34.42 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $34.42 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $34.42 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $34.42 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $38.41 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $38.80 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $179.57 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $179.57 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $179.57 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $179.57 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $179.57 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $252.77 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $278.33 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $323.49 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $412.42 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $442.94 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $478.85 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $501.34 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $502.79 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $568.63 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $583.60 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $763.17 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $793.09 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $817.04 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $955.01 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $955.01 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $960.69 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $960.69 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $960.69 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,023.54 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,023.54 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,023.54 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,047.48 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,120.00 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,197.12 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,197.12 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,200.12 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,200.12 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,200.12 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,295.89 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,295.89 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,295.89 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,346.76 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,595.17 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,600.00 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,702.00 | — |
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Transfusion blood/blood component(s) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $726.60 | $560.52 – $2,076.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $726.60 | $560.52 – $2,076.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $30.12 – $445.40 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $30.73 – $252.77 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $3,775.85 | $43.76 – $4,826.69 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,098.91 | $30.73 – $1,373.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,085.62 | $32.88 – $1,628.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,098.56 | $30.73 – $1,373.20 |