Warde 1007138 vanillymandelic acid 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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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.

$13.02 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $351.46 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 STAR+PLUS $13.02
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $13.02
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $13.02
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $13.02
United MGMCD $13.28
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $14.06
Molina Healthcare STAR $14.32
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $14.32
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $14.32
Molina Healthcare CHIP $14.32
Oscar MGMCR $15.19
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $15.50
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $15.50
United AllPayerAppendix $15.50
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $15.50
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $15.50
Devoted Health MGMCR $15.50
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $15.50
United SmallGroup $15.50
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $15.50
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $15.50
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $15.50
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $15.50
BCBS MCRPPO $15.50
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $15.50
WellMed MGMCR $15.58
Van Lang IPA MCR $15.65
United MCR $15.81
WellCare MCRHMO $15.96
WellCare POS $15.96
WellCare SNP $15.96
WellCare PFFS $15.96
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $15.96
WellCare PPO $15.96
Humana MCD $16.27
American Health Plan MGMCR $16.28
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $16.28
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $16.28
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $16.28
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $16.28
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $16.28
Superior Health Plan PFFS $16.28
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $16.28
Shared Health MGMCR $16.28
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $16.43
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $16.43
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $16.43
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $16.43
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $16.43
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $16.78
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $16.78
Molina MGMCR $16.89
Verda Health Plan MCR $20.15
Superior ValueHMO $22.47
Community Health Choice HIX $22.47
Superior EPO $24.03
Superior HMO $24.03
BCBS MyBlueHealth $31.31
Molina Healthcare HIX $33.32
BCBS BAV $34.56
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $39.56
Superior Health Plan STAR $39.56
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $39.56
Superior Health Plan CHIP $39.56
Superior Health Plan STARKids $39.56
BCBS HMO $43.24
Oscar HIX $44.80
BCBS EPOSOA $46.35
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $46.48
BCBS PPO $49.45
Aetna QHPExchange $56.78
Cigna CSN $64.13
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $69.46
Aetna NBPPO $75.51
Aetna NBPOS $75.51
Aetna NBHMO $75.51
Aetna COMMPPO $80.22
Aetna COMMPOS $80.22
Aetna COMMHMO $80.22
Cigna PPO $82.64
Aetna OONPOS $94.24
Aetna OONHMO $94.24
Aetna OONPPO $94.24
Aetna ASAHMO $101.90
Aetna ASAPOS $101.90
Aetna ASAPPO $101.90
United OptionsPPO $110.78
Evry Health BroadNetwork $180.02
Humana PPO $206.99
Humana HMO $206.99
BCBS Traditional $230.79
United GlobalAppendix $296.73
Coventry National First Health COMM $351.46
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