Xe133 xenon 10mci 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.

$65.97 with Superior Health Plan vs $879.65 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance — 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 STAR $65.97
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $65.97
Superior Health Plan CHIP $65.97
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $65.97
Superior Health Plan STARKids $65.97
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $142.94
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $142.94
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $142.94
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $142.94
United OptionsPPO $184.73
Oscar HIX $214.41
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $280.39
Molina Healthcare HIX $296.88
Evry Health BroadNetwork $300.18
Aetna NBHMO $352.96
Aetna NBPOS $352.96
Aetna NBPPO $352.96
Aetna COMMPPO $376.05
Aetna COMMHMO $376.05
Aetna COMMPOS $376.05
BCBS Traditional $384.85
Humana PPO $405.18
Humana HMO $405.18
BCBS MyBlueHealth $409.39
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $439.82
Curative Administrators COMM $439.82
Aetna OONHMO $440.92
Aetna OONPOS $440.92
Aetna OONPPO $440.92
BCBS BAV $451.16
Aetna ASAPPO $476.11
Aetna ASAHMO $476.11
Aetna ASAPOS $476.11
United GlobalAppendix $494.80
United SmallGroup $505.38
United AllPayerAppendix $505.38
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $505.38
BCBS HMO $563.95
BCBS PPO $563.95
BCBS EPOSOA $563.95
Coventry National First Health COMM $586.07
Cigna CSN $629.68
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $681.72
Cigna PPO $811.82
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $879.65

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Xe133 xenon 10mci at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $336.00 $100.00 – $960.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $2,444.00 $405.18 – $629.68
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $336.00 $100.00 – $960.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $1,186.31 $405.18 – $629.68
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $565.76 $405.18 – $629.68
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $1,280.09 $405.18 – $629.68
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $1,328.96 $405.18 – $629.68
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $290.43 $100.00 – $622.35

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