Venous thrombosis imaging 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

$7,751.38

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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.

$7,751.38

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.

$172.74 with Molina Healthcare vs $4,131.49 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
Molina Healthcare CHIP $172.74 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $172.74 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $172.74 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $172.74 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $176.09 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $176.09 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $176.09 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $176.09 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $179.61 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $190.18 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $196.30 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $279.72 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $354.41 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STAR $465.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $465.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $465.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $465.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $465.08 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $540.36 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $578.51 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $615.06 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $807.62 ↓ -90%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $929.86 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPOS $1,073.40 ↓ -86%
Aetna NBHMO $1,073.40 ↓ -86%
Aetna NBPPO $1,073.40 ↓ -86%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -86%
United SmallGroup $1,101.15 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,141.84 ↓ -85%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,141.84 ↓ -85%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,141.84 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $1,302.23 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONHMO $1,342.60 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONPOS $1,342.60 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONPPO $1,342.60 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,450.97 ↓ -81%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,450.97 ↓ -81%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,450.97 ↓ -81%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,976.60 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,116.13 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $2,473.47 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $2,473.47 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $2,712.98 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3,100.55 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $3,100.55 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $3,488.12 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $4,131.49 ↓ -47%

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Venous thrombosis imaging at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $697.20 $157.04 – $1,992.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $697.20 $157.04 – $1,992.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $153.90 – $807.62
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $157.04 – $807.62
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston not published $463.54 – $1,063.62
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston not published $489.42 – $2,181.78
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston not published $463.54 – $2,181.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,244.58 $256.18 – $1,866.87

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