Warde 3400852 arsenic 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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Cash price

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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.

$15.93 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $465.33 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 $15.93
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $15.93
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $15.93
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $15.93
United MGMCD $16.25
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $17.20
Molina Healthcare STAR $17.52
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $17.52
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $17.52
Molina Healthcare CHIP $17.52
Oscar MGMCR $18.59
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $18.97
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $18.97
United AllPayerAppendix $18.97
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $18.97
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $18.97
Devoted Health MGMCR $18.97
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $18.97
United SmallGroup $18.97
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $18.97
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $18.97
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $18.97
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $18.97
BCBS MCRPPO $18.97
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $18.97
WellMed MGMCR $19.06
Van Lang IPA MCR $19.16
United MCR $19.35
WellCare MCRHMO $19.54
WellCare POS $19.54
WellCare SNP $19.54
WellCare PFFS $19.54
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $19.54
WellCare PPO $19.54
Humana MCD $19.91
American Health Plan MGMCR $19.92
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $19.92
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $19.92
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $19.92
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $19.92
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $19.92
Superior Health Plan PFFS $19.92
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $19.92
Shared Health MGMCR $19.92
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $20.11
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $20.11
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $20.11
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $20.11
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $20.11
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $20.53
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $20.53
Molina MGMCR $20.68
Verda Health Plan MCR $24.66
Superior ValueHMO $27.51
Community Health Choice HIX $27.51
Superior EPO $29.40
Superior HMO $29.40
BCBS MyBlueHealth $38.32
Molina Healthcare HIX $40.79
BCBS BAV $42.30
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $52.38
Superior Health Plan STAR $52.38
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $52.38
Superior Health Plan CHIP $52.38
Superior Health Plan STARKids $52.38
BCBS HMO $52.93
Oscar HIX $54.82
BCBS EPOSOA $56.72
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $56.91
BCBS PPO $60.51
Aetna QHPExchange $69.50
Cigna CSN $78.07
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $84.56
Aetna NBPPO $92.43
Aetna NBPOS $92.43
Aetna NBHMO $92.43
Aetna COMMPPO $98.20
Aetna COMMPOS $98.20
Aetna COMMHMO $98.20
Cigna PPO $100.61
Aetna OONPOS $115.36
Aetna OONHMO $115.36
Aetna OONPPO $115.36
Aetna ASAHMO $124.73
Aetna ASAPOS $124.73
Aetna ASAPPO $124.73
United OptionsPPO $146.67
Evry Health BroadNetwork $238.34
Humana PPO $253.40
Humana HMO $253.40
BCBS Traditional $305.56
United GlobalAppendix $392.87
Coventry National First Health COMM $465.33
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