Venogram extremity supervision & interpretation unilateral 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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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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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.

$109.26 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $5,881.95 with Coventry National First Health — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $109.26
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $109.26
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $109.26
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $109.26
United MGMCD $111.45
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $118.00
Molina Healthcare STAR $118.72
Molina Healthcare CHIP $118.72
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $118.72
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $118.72
Humana MCD $134.91
Cigna CSN $219.41
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $237.46
Cigna PPO $282.27
Aetna QHPExchange $364.27
Aetna NBPPO $484.14
Aetna NBPOS $484.14
Aetna NBHMO $484.14
Aetna COMMPPO $515.01
Aetna COMMPOS $515.01
Aetna COMMHMO $515.01
Aetna OONPOS $605.57
Aetna OONHMO $605.57
Aetna OONPPO $605.57
Aetna ASAPPO $654.44
Aetna ASAPOS $654.44
Aetna ASAHMO $654.44
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $662.13
Superior Health Plan CHIP $662.13
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $662.13
Superior Health Plan STAR $662.13
Superior Health Plan STARKids $662.13
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,109.70
BCBS BAV $1,406.04
Humana HMO $1,415.51
Humana PPO $1,415.51
United OptionsPPO $1,853.97
BCBS HMO $2,143.73
BCBS EPOSOA $2,295.06
BCBS PPO $2,440.07
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,671.67
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,814.07
Evry Health BroadNetwork $3,012.71
United AllPayerAppendix $3,163.82
United SmallGroup $3,163.82
BCBS Traditional $3,862.44
Curative Administrators COMM $4,414.22
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4,414.22
United GlobalAppendix $4,966.00
Coventry National First Health COMM $5,881.95

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Venogram extremity supervision & interpretation unilateral at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $957.60 $107.93 – $2,736.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $957.60 $107.93 – $2,736.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $105.77 – $1,109.70
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $107.93 – $1,109.70
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,200.91 $107.93 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,382.58 $284.58 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,200.91 $107.93 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,200.91 $107.93 – $3,967.42

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