Vein x-ray liver w/hemodynam at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
$2,454.89
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.
$2,454.89
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.
$123.96 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $10,724.85 with BCBS — 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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| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $123.96 | ↓ -95% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $123.96 | ↓ -95% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $123.96 | ↓ -95% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $123.96 | ↓ -95% |
| United | MGMCD | $126.44 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $133.88 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $135.99 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $135.99 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $135.99 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $135.99 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $147.29 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $147.29 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $147.29 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $147.29 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $147.29 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | MCD | $154.54 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | CSN | $264.09 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $285.80 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | PPO | $339.74 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $412.42 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $429.97 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $571.47 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $571.47 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $571.47 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $607.91 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $607.91 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $607.91 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $626.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $670.18 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $714.79 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $714.79 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $714.79 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $772.49 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $772.49 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $772.49 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $859.21 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $981.96 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $981.96 | ↓ -60% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,104.70 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,308.46 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,558.48 | ↓ -37% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,558.48 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $4,877.45 | ↑ +99% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $5,437.15 | ↑ +121% |
| BCBS | BAV | $6,179.95 | ↑ +152% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $6,438.74 | ↑ +162% |
| United | SmallGroup | $6,438.74 | ↑ +162% |
| BCBS | HMO | $9,422.35 | ↑ +284% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $10,087.46 | ↑ +311% |
| BCBS | PPO | $10,724.85 | ↑ +337% |
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Vein x-ray liver w/hemodynam at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $3,116.75 | $123.63 – $8,905.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $3,116.75 | $123.63 – $8,905.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $121.16 – $4,877.45 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $123.63 – $4,877.45 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,368.95 | $123.63 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,368.95 | $693.44 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $3,119.40 | $123.63 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,368.95 | $123.63 – $7,896.23 |