Warde 3400652 ova & parasites direct smear concentration and id 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.

$2.06 with Superior Health Plan vs $118.91 with Humana — 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
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2.06
Superior Health Plan STAR $2.06
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.06
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.06
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.06
United OptionsPPO $5.76
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $7.48
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $7.48
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $7.48
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $7.48
United MGMCD $7.63
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $8.08
Molina Healthcare CHIP $8.23
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $8.23
Molina Healthcare STAR $8.23
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $8.23
Oscar MGMCR $8.72
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.90
Devoted Health MGMCR $8.90
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $8.90
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $8.90
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $8.90
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $8.90
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $8.90
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $8.90
United SmallGroup $8.90
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8.90
United AllPayerAppendix $8.90
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $8.90
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.90
BCBS MCRPPO $8.90
WellMed MGMCR $8.94
Van Lang IPA MCR $8.99
United MCR $9.08
WellCare SNP $9.17
WellCare PFFS $9.17
WellCare PPO $9.17
WellCare MCRHMO $9.17
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $9.17
WellCare POS $9.17
American Health Plan MGMCR $9.35
Humana MCD $9.35
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $9.35
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $9.35
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $9.35
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $9.35
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $9.35
Superior Health Plan PFFS $9.35
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $9.35
Shared Health MGMCR $9.35
Evry Health BroadNetwork $9.36
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $9.43
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $9.43
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $9.43
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $9.43
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $9.43
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $9.63
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $9.63
Molina MGMCR $9.70
Verda Health Plan MCR $11.57
BCBS Traditional $12.00
Superior ValueHMO $12.90
Community Health Choice HIX $12.90
Superior EPO $13.80
Superior HMO $13.80
United GlobalAppendix $15.43
BCBS MyBlueHealth $17.98
Coventry National First Health COMM $18.28
Molina Healthcare HIX $19.14
BCBS BAV $19.85
BCBS HMO $24.83
Oscar HIX $25.72
BCBS EPOSOA $26.61
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $26.71
BCBS PPO $28.39
Aetna QHPExchange $32.58
Cigna CSN $36.24
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $39.26
Aetna NBPPO $43.33
Aetna NBHMO $43.33
Aetna NBPOS $43.33
Aetna COMMPPO $46.04
Aetna COMMPOS $46.04
Aetna COMMHMO $46.04
Cigna PPO $46.70
Aetna OONPPO $54.08
Aetna OONHMO $54.08
Aetna OONPOS $54.08
Aetna ASAHMO $58.47
Aetna ASAPOS $58.47
Aetna ASAPPO $58.47
Humana PPO $118.91
Humana HMO $118.91
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