Warde actin (smooth muscle) antibody each 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.

$9.69 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $490.64 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 CHIPPerinatal $9.69
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $9.69
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $9.69
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $9.69
United MGMCD $9.88
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $10.47
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $11.13
Molina Healthcare STAR $11.13
Molina Healthcare CHIP $11.13
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $11.13
United AllPayerAppendix $11.53
United SmallGroup $11.53
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11.53
Oscar MGMCR $11.81
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $12.05
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $12.05
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.05
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $12.05
Devoted Health MGMCR $12.05
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $12.05
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $12.05
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $12.05
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.05
BCBS MCRPPO $12.05
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $12.05
WellMed MGMCR $12.11
Van Lang IPA MCR $12.17
United MCR $12.29
WellCare MCRHMO $12.41
WellCare POS $12.41
WellCare PFFS $12.41
WellCare PPO $12.41
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $12.41
WellCare SNP $12.41
American Health Plan MGMCR $12.65
Humana MCD $12.65
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $12.65
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $12.65
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $12.65
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $12.65
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $12.65
Superior Health Plan PFFS $12.65
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $12.65
Shared Health MGMCR $12.65
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $12.77
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $12.77
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $12.77
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $12.77
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $12.77
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $13.04
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $13.04
Molina MGMCR $13.13
Verda Health Plan MCR $15.67
Community Health Choice HIX $17.47
Superior ValueHMO $17.47
Superior EPO $18.68
Superior HMO $18.68
BCBS MyBlueHealth $23.29
BCBS BAV $25.71
Molina Healthcare HIX $25.91
BCBS HMO $32.17
BCBS EPOSOA $34.47
Oscar HIX $34.82
BCBS PPO $36.78
Cigna CSN $50.18
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $54.36
Superior Health Plan STAR $55.23
Superior Health Plan STARKids $55.23
Superior Health Plan CHIP $55.23
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $55.23
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $55.23
Cigna PPO $64.67
United OptionsPPO $154.65
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $234.73
Aetna QHPExchange $243.94
Evry Health BroadNetwork $251.30
Humana PPO $293.74
Humana HMO $293.74
Aetna NBPOS $295.49
Aetna NBPPO $295.49
Aetna NBHMO $295.49
Aetna COMMPPO $314.82
Aetna COMMPOS $314.82
Aetna COMMHMO $314.82
BCBS Traditional $322.18
Aetna OONPOS $369.13
Aetna OONHMO $369.13
Aetna OONPPO $369.13
Aetna ASAPOS $398.59
Aetna ASAHMO $398.59
Aetna ASAPPO $398.59
United GlobalAppendix $414.23
Coventry National First Health COMM $490.64
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Warde actin (smooth muscle) antibody each at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $164.00 $9.69 – $50.18
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $428.52 $10.85 – $44.39
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $116.01 $10.00 – $49.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $45.58 $9.38 – $68.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $45.58 $10.12 – $56.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $116.01 $10.00 – $49.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $45.58 $10.83 – $68.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $45.58 $8.00 – $68.36

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