Vaccine Administration (one shot) at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER

1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 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.

$19.78 with Superior Health Plan vs $280.20 with Multiplan — 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $19.78 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $19.78 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $19.78 —
Superior Health Plan STAR $19.78 —
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $19.78 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $42.85 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $42.85 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $42.85 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $42.85 —
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $46.15 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $46.15 —
Cigna CSN $48.79 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $52.74 —
United OptionsPPO $55.38 —
Cigna PPO $62.63 —
Oscar HIX $64.28 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $84.06 —
Evry Health BroadNetwork $89.99 —
Aetna NBPPO $102.52 —
Aetna NBHMO $102.52 —
Aetna NBPOS $102.52 —
Aetna COMMPOS $109.11 —
Aetna COMMPPO $109.11 —
Aetna COMMHMO $109.11 —
Humana HMO $109.21 —
Humana PPO $109.21 —
BCBS Traditional $115.38 —
Aetna OONPOS $127.90 —
Aetna OONPPO $127.90 —
Aetna OONHMO $127.90 —
Curative Administrators COMM $131.86 —
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $131.86 —
Aetna ASAHMO $138.12 —
Aetna ASAPPO $138.12 —
Aetna ASAPOS $138.12 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $141.50 —
United GlobalAppendix $148.34 —
BCBS BAV $156.01 —
Coventry National First Health COMM $170.76 —
BCBS HMO $195.32 —
BCBS PPO $195.32 —
BCBS EPOSOA $195.32 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $247.24 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $280.20 —

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Vaccine Administration (one shot) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $72.80 $44.80 – $208.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $72.80 $37.00 – $208.00
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $77.50 $72.33 – $141.04
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston $44.50 $72.33 – $289.31
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $77.50 $72.33 – $289.31
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $141.50 – $141.50
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $141.50 – $141.50
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $215.25 $232.81 – $232.81

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →