Warde 1005055 5-hiaa 24 hour urine 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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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.

$10.84 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $339.51 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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $10.84
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $10.84
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $10.84
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $10.84
United MGMCD $11.06
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $11.71
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $11.92
Molina Healthcare CHIP $11.92
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $11.92
Molina Healthcare STAR $11.92
Oscar MGMCR $12.64
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $12.90
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $12.90
United AllPayerAppendix $12.90
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.90
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $12.90
Devoted Health MGMCR $12.90
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $12.90
United SmallGroup $12.90
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $12.90
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $12.90
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $12.90
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.90
BCBS MCRPPO $12.90
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $12.90
WellMed MGMCR $12.96
Van Lang IPA MCR $13.03
United MCR $13.16
WellCare MCRHMO $13.29
WellCare POS $13.29
WellCare PFFS $13.29
WellCare PPO $13.29
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $13.29
WellCare SNP $13.29
American Health Plan MGMCR $13.55
Humana MCD $13.55
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $13.55
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $13.55
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $13.55
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $13.55
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $13.55
Superior Health Plan PFFS $13.55
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $13.55
Shared Health MGMCR $13.55
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $13.67
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $13.67
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $13.67
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $13.67
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $13.67
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $13.96
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $13.96
Molina MGMCR $14.06
Verda Health Plan MCR $16.77
Community Health Choice HIX $18.70
Superior ValueHMO $18.70
Superior HMO $20.00
Superior EPO $20.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $26.06
Molina Healthcare HIX $27.73
BCBS BAV $28.77
BCBS HMO $35.99
Oscar HIX $37.28
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $38.22
Superior Health Plan STAR $38.22
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $38.22
Superior Health Plan CHIP $38.22
Superior Health Plan STARKids $38.22
BCBS EPOSOA $38.57
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $38.68
BCBS PPO $41.15
Aetna QHPExchange $47.24
Cigna CSN $52.96
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $57.36
Aetna NBPOS $62.82
Aetna NBPPO $62.82
Aetna NBHMO $62.82
Aetna COMMHMO $66.74
Aetna COMMPOS $66.74
Aetna COMMPPO $66.74
Cigna PPO $68.24
Aetna OONHMO $78.40
Aetna OONPPO $78.40
Aetna OONPOS $78.40
Aetna ASAPOS $84.77
Aetna ASAPPO $84.77
Aetna ASAHMO $84.77
United OptionsPPO $107.01
Humana PPO $172.25
Humana HMO $172.25
Evry Health BroadNetwork $173.89
BCBS Traditional $222.94
United GlobalAppendix $286.64
Coventry National First Health COMM $339.51
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Warde 1005055 5-hiaa 24 hour urine at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $25.20 $9.29 – $72.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $25.20 $9.29 – $72.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $651.03 $10.84 – $52.96
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $10.62 – $52.96
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $138.39 $11.61 – $49.67
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $614.25 $10.00 – $30.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $319.20 $5.19 – $37.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $319.20 $10.84 – $31.50

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