Urethrcystgrphy rtrgrde s&i 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

$4,102.56

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.

$4,102.56

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.

$81.38 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $2,429.27 with Aetna — 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 $81.38 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $81.38 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $81.38 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $81.38 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $83.01 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $87.89 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $89.52 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $89.52 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $89.52 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $89.52 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $101.72 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $188.58 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $204.08 ↓ -95%
Cigna PPO $242.60 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $246.15 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $246.15 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $246.15 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $246.15 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $246.15 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $410.15 ↓ -90%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $437.25 ↓ -89%
United SmallGroup $517.79 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79 ↓ -87%
BCBS BAV $519.68 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $689.23 ↓ -83%
BCBS HMO $792.34 ↓ -81%
BCBS EPOSOA $848.27 ↓ -79%
BCBS PPO $901.86 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,046.15 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,120.00 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $1,175.94 ↓ -71%
Humana PPO $1,175.94 ↓ -71%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,352.14 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $1,435.90 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,641.02 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,641.02 ↓ -60%
Aetna NBHMO $1,797.12 ↓ -56%
Aetna NBPOS $1,797.12 ↓ -56%
Aetna NBPPO $1,797.12 ↓ -56%
United GlobalAppendix $1,846.15 ↓ -55%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,911.71 ↓ -53%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,911.71 ↓ -53%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,911.71 ↓ -53%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,186.66 ↓ -47%
Aetna OONPPO $2,247.83 ↓ -45%
Aetna OONHMO $2,247.83 ↓ -45%
Aetna OONPOS $2,247.83 ↓ -45%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,429.27 ↓ -41%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,429.27 ↓ -41%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,429.27 ↓ -41%

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Urethrcystgrphy rtrgrde s&i at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $463.75 $81.38 – $1,325.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $463.75 $81.38 – $1,325.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $3,970.71 $81.38 – $1,352.14
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $79.75 – $1,352.14
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $615.08 $81.38 – $768.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $690.54 $142.14 – $1,035.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $946.62 $81.38 – $1,183.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $615.08 $81.38 – $768.86

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