Ultrasound prostate/transrectal 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

$2,252.01

Cash price

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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.

$2,252.01

Gross charge

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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.

$106.88 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,200.32 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.

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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
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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 STAR+PLUS $106.88 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $106.88 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $106.88 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $106.88 ↓ -95%
United MGMCD $109.02 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $115.23 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $115.23 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STAR $115.23 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $115.23 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $115.43 ↓ -95%
Humana MCD $130.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $135.12 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $135.12 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $135.12 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $135.12 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $135.12 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $169.35 ↓ -92%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -91%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00 ↓ -91%
BCBS BAV $214.57 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -89%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -89%
BCBS HMO $327.15 ↓ -85%
BCBS EPOSOA $350.24 ↓ -84%
BCBS PPO $372.37 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $378.34 ↓ -83%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $614.80 ↓ -73%
Aetna QHPExchange $639.11 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $718.62 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $718.62 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $788.20 ↓ -65%
Aetna NBPPO $849.44 ↓ -62%
Aetna NBPOS $849.44 ↓ -62%
Aetna NBHMO $849.44 ↓ -62%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $900.80 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $900.80 ↓ -60%
Aetna COMMPOS $903.60 ↓ -60%
Aetna COMMHMO $903.60 ↓ -60%
Aetna COMMPPO $903.60 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $1,013.40 ↓ -55%
Aetna OONPPO $1,062.48 ↓ -53%
Aetna OONHMO $1,062.48 ↓ -53%
Aetna OONPOS $1,062.48 ↓ -53%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,148.23 ↓ -49%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,148.23 ↓ -49%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,148.23 ↓ -49%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,200.32 ↓ -47%

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Ultrasound prostate/transrectal at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $512.75 $104.75 – $1,465.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $512.75 $104.75 – $1,465.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $3,813.77 $104.75 – $639.11
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $102.66 – $639.11
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $545.16 $99.77 – $681.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $441.88 $90.95 – $662.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $515.63 $99.77 – $644.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $545.16 $99.77 – $681.45

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