Warde analysis gene hfe common variants 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

$365.15

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.

$365.15

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.

$21.91 with Superior Health Plan vs $873.07 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 $21.91 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $21.91 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $21.91 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $21.91 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $21.91 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $54.90 ↓ -85%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $54.90 ↓ -85%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $54.90 ↓ -85%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $54.90 ↓ -85%
United MGMCD $56.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $59.29 ↓ -84%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $60.39 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare STAR $60.39 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $60.39 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $60.39 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $61.35 ↓ -83%
Oscar MGMCR $64.05 ↓ -82%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $65.36 ↓ -82%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $65.36 ↓ -82%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $65.36 ↓ -82%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $65.36 ↓ -82%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $65.36 ↓ -82%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $65.36 ↓ -82%
Devoted Health MGMCR $65.36 ↓ -82%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $65.36 ↓ -82%
United AllPayerAppendix $65.36 ↓ -82%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $65.36 ↓ -82%
BCBS MCRPPO $65.36 ↓ -82%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $65.36 ↓ -82%
United SmallGroup $65.36 ↓ -82%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $65.36 ↓ -82%
WellMed MGMCR $65.69 ↓ -82%
Van Lang IPA MCR $66.01 ↓ -82%
United MCR $66.67 ↓ -82%
WellCare MCRHMO $67.32 ↓ -82%
WellCare POS $67.32 ↓ -82%
WellCare PPO $67.32 ↓ -82%
WellCare SNP $67.32 ↓ -82%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $67.32 ↓ -82%
WellCare PFFS $67.32 ↓ -82%
American Health Plan MGMCR $68.63 ↓ -81%
Humana MCD $68.63 ↓ -81%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $68.63 ↓ -81%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $68.63 ↓ -81%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $68.63 ↓ -81%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $68.63 ↓ -81%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $68.63 ↓ -81%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $68.63 ↓ -81%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $68.63 ↓ -81%
Shared Health MGMCR $68.63 ↓ -81%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $69.28 ↓ -81%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $69.28 ↓ -81%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $69.28 ↓ -81%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $69.28 ↓ -81%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $69.28 ↓ -81%
Molina MGMCR $71.24 ↓ -80%
Verda Health Plan MCR $84.97 ↓ -77%
Superior ValueHMO $94.77 ↓ -74%
Community Health Choice HIX $94.77 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $99.69 ↓ -73%
Superior HMO $101.31 ↓ -72%
Superior EPO $101.31 ↓ -72%
BCBS Traditional $127.80 ↓ -65%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $132.03 ↓ -64%
Molina Healthcare HIX $140.52 ↓ -62%
BCBS BAV $145.75 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $146.06 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $164.32 ↓ -55%
BCBS HMO $182.35 ↓ -50%
Oscar HIX $188.89 ↓ -48%
Coventry National First Health COMM $194.62 ↓ -47%
BCBS EPOSOA $195.43 ↓ -46%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $196.07 ↓ -46%
BCBS PPO $208.50 ↓ -43%
Aetna QHPExchange $239.41 ↓ -34%
Cigna CSN $269.02 ↓ -26%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $291.39 ↓ -20%
Aetna NBPPO $318.38 ↓ -13%
Aetna NBHMO $318.38 ↓ -13%
Aetna NBPOS $318.38 ↓ -13%
Aetna COMMPPO $338.25 ↓ -7%
Aetna COMMPOS $338.25 ↓ -7%
Aetna COMMHMO $338.25 ↓ -7%
Cigna PPO $346.69 ↓ -5%
Aetna OONPPO $397.36 ↑ +9%
Aetna OONHMO $397.36 ↑ +9%
Aetna OONPOS $397.36 ↑ +9%
Aetna ASAHMO $429.65 ↑ +18%
Aetna ASAPOS $429.65 ↑ +18%
Aetna ASAPPO $429.65 ↑ +18%
Humana PPO $873.07 ↑ +139%
Humana HMO $873.07 ↑ +139%
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Warde analysis gene hfe common variants at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $546.35 $47.06 – $1,561.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $546.35 $47.06 – $1,561.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $53.80 – $269.02
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $54.90 – $269.02
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $506.30 $58.82 – $251.64
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $390.00 $10.00 – $166.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $390.00 $12.00 – $200.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $390.00 $12.00 – $166.88

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