Ultrasound guided needle placement supervision & interpretation 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.
$44.40 with BCBS vs $8,844.18 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance — 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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| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $44.40 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $56.26 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $85.78 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $91.84 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $97.64 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $163.05 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $216.71 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $216.71 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $216.71 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $230.53 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $230.53 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $230.53 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $271.06 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $271.06 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $271.06 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $292.94 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $292.94 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $292.94 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $483.74 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $483.74 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $663.31 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $663.31 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $663.31 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $663.31 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $663.31 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $1,437.18 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $1,437.18 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $1,437.18 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $1,437.18 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,857.28 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,819.08 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $2,984.91 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $3,018.08 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,869.33 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $4,422.09 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $4,422.09 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $4,974.85 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $5,892.43 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | FED | $8,844.18 | — |
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Ultrasound guided needle placement supervision & interpretation at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $1,246.35 | $30.28 – $3,561.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $1,246.35 | $35.57 – $3,561.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $44.40 – $483.74 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $44.40 – $483.74 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $909.17 | $50.46 – $1,288.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $799.40 | $84.77 – $1,199.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $906.04 | $84.77 – $1,132.55 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $909.17 | $57.78 – $1,288.00 |