Ultrasound scrotum and contents 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

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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.

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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.

$101.58 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,334.89 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 $101.58
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $101.58
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $101.58
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $101.58
United MGMCD $103.61
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $109.71
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $110.26
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $110.26
Molina Healthcare STAR $110.26
Molina Healthcare CHIP $110.26
Humana MCD $125.30
Superior Health Plan STARKids $150.27
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $150.27
Superior Health Plan CHIP $150.27
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $150.27
Superior Health Plan STAR $150.27
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
United SmallGroup $245.18
BCBS BAV $249.94
BCBS HMO $381.07
BCBS EPOSOA $407.97
United OptionsPPO $420.75
Aetna QHPExchange $424.02
BCBS PPO $433.75
Aetna NBPPO $563.56
Aetna NBHMO $563.56
Aetna NBPOS $563.56
Aetna COMMPOS $599.50
Aetna COMMPPO $599.50
Aetna COMMHMO $599.50
Humana PPO $632.78
Humana HMO $632.78
Evry Health BroadNetwork $683.72
Aetna OONPOS $704.91
Aetna OONPPO $704.91
Aetna OONHMO $704.91
Aetna ASAPOS $761.80
Aetna ASAPPO $761.80
Aetna ASAHMO $761.80
BCBS Traditional $876.57
Curative Administrators COMM $1,001.79
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,001.79
United GlobalAppendix $1,127.02
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,334.89

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Ultrasound scrotum and contents at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $908.25 $100.24 – $2,595.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $908.25 $100.24 – $2,595.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $98.24 – $424.02
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $100.24 – $424.02
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,180.35 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $612.55 $99.77 – $765.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $685.33 $141.06 – $1,028.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $767.02 $99.77 – $958.77

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