HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center

11914 Astoria Blvd, Houston, TX 77089

252,574 price items Updated: 2026-03-01

About HCA Medical Center

HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center is located at 11914 Astoria Blvd in Houston, Texas. The hospital is part of the HCA Healthcare system.

The hospital publishes pricing data for 252,574 items, making it one of 33 hospitals in the Houston metro area providing transparency information. The facility lists prices for 17 common procedures with 3,073 payer rate entries. The pricing structure shows identical gross and cash rates across all procedures, with no cash discounts offered. Pricing varies significantly across services, from $44.84 for basic lab work like a Comprehensive Metabolic Panel to $33,231.87 for advanced imaging such as CT scans with contrast. Several major procedures including knee replacement, screening colonoscopy, and cesarean delivery show $0 pricing in the published data.

About This Data

HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center publishes this pricing data as required by the CMS Price Transparency Rule (45 CFR § 180). The hospital's machine-readable file is published in JSON format and includes gross charges, cash/self-pay discounts, and payer-specific negotiated rates.

We are not affiliated with HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center. This page presents publicly available pricing data published by the hospital in compliance with federal regulations.

File last updated: 2026-03-01. Accessed by us: 2026-04-13. We check for changes weekly.

If you believe any information is incorrect, please contact us. We'll review it against the source file within 5 business days.

Data quality note: HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center publishes cash prices that match their gross charges, meaning no separate self-pay discount appears in their transparency file. The insured rates shown below are negotiated rates between the hospital and specific insurance plans. Uninsured patients may be able to negotiate lower rates by contacting the hospital's financial assistance department directly.

Published Prices by Procedure

Echocardiogram

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Procedure	Gross	Cash Price	Insured Low	Insured High
Transthoracic Echocardiogram with Doppler (93306)	$3,379.24	$3,379.24	$202.75	$1,801.13

Colonoscopy

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Procedure	Gross	Cash Price	Insured Low	Insured High
Screening Colonoscopy (45378)	—	N/A	$352.49	$4,690
Colonoscopy with Biopsy (45380)	—	N/A	$4,690	$4,690

ER Visit

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Procedure	Gross	Cash Price	Insured Low	Insured High
ER Visit Level 3 (Moderate) (99283)	$1,403.04	$1,403.04	$235.71	$747.82
ER Visit Level 4 (High/Urgent) (99284)	$2,185.31	$2,185.31	$367.13	$1,164.77
ER Visit Level 5 (Critical) (99285)	$3,138.23	$3,138.23	$527.22	$1,672.68

MRI

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Procedure	Gross	Cash Price	Insured Low	Insured High
MRI Brain Without Contrast (70551)	$5,597.19	$5,597.19	$335.83	$2,983.3
MRI Lumbar Spine Without Contrast (72148)	$3,227.76	$3,227.76	$193.67	$1,720.4

Chest X-ray

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Procedure	Gross	Cash Price	Insured Low	Insured High
Chest X-ray, 2 Views (71046)	$1,169.97	$1,169.97	$70.2	$623.59

CT Scan

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Procedure	Gross	Cash Price	Insured Low	Insured High
CT Abdomen and Pelvis without Contrast (74176)	$28,317.96	$28,317.96	$1,699.08	$15,093.47
CT Abdomen and Pelvis with Contrast (74177)	$33,231.87	$33,231.87	$1,993.91	$17,712.59

Ultrasound

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Procedure	Gross	Cash Price	Insured Low	Insured High
Abdominal Ultrasound, Complete (76700)	$5,487.71	$5,487.71	$329.26	$2,924.95
Pelvic Ultrasound, Complete (76856)	$4,793.13	$4,793.13	$287.59	$2,554.74

Lab Work

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Procedure	Gross	Cash Price	Insured Low	Insured High
Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP) (80053)	$44.84	$44.84	$2.69	$23.9
Complete Blood Count (CBC) with Differential (85025)	—	N/A	$32.04	$41.29

C-Section

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Procedure	Gross	Cash Price	Insured Low	Insured High
Cesarean Delivery (59510)	—	N/A	$948	$28,395.93

Knee Replacement

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Procedure	Gross	Cash Price	Insured Low	Insured High
Total Knee Replacement (Arthroplasty) (27447)	—	N/A	$2,428	$45,698.73

Pricing Patterns at HCA Medical Center

HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center shows a split pricing structure where some services have $0 gross and cash charges (Total Knee Replacement, colonoscopy procedures, Cesarean Delivery, Complete Blood Count) while others maintain standard gross charges that match cash prices exactly. For services with standard pricing, cash prices can exceed the highest insured rates, such as CT Abdomen and Pelvis without Contrast where the $28,317.96 cash price is 88% higher than the maximum insured rate of $15,093.47. The pricing pattern suggests certain major procedures may be bundled or contracted differently, resulting in the $0 gross charges for complex surgeries while routine diagnostics maintain traditional fee structures.

HCA Medical Center vs Houston Hospitals

How HCA Medical Center's cash prices compare to the median across hospitals in the Houston area with published prices for each procedure.

Procedure	HCA Medical Center	Houston Median	Houston Range	vs Median
Echocardiogram 33 hospitals	$3,379.24	$2,651.25	$526.13–$19,964.77	27% above median
ER Visit 33 hospitals	$1,403.04	$962.15	$265.69–$5,367.34	46% above median
MRI 33 hospitals	$3,227.76	$1,647.8	$231.94–$26,483.22	96% above median
Chest X-ray 33 hospitals	$1,169.97	$572.25	$84.49–$2,728	104% above median
CT Scan 33 hospitals	$28,317.96	$5,658.8	$231.94–$32,859.53	400% above median
Ultrasound 33 hospitals	$4,793.13	$1,009.04	$102.04–$6,350.87	375% above median
Lab Work 33 hospitals	$44.84	$93.8	$10.56–$3,364	52% below median

"Cash price" is each hospital's published self-pay/discounted rate. Median is calculated across Houston hospitals that publish a cash price for the same procedure. Multi-code procedures use each hospital's lowest valid price as its representative value.

Understanding the Columns

Gross Charge: The chargemaster price before any discounts. Rarely what patients pay. It is primarily a starting point for insurance negotiations.

Cash/Self-Pay: The discounted rate hospitals offer to uninsured patients. Ask about financial assistance programs for further reductions.

Insured Range: Lowest to highest negotiated rates across all payers. Medicare rates are typically lowest; commercial plan rates highest.

About Facility Fees

Prices shown are facility fees only. You'll also receive separate bills from the physician performing the procedure.

Imaging procedures include a facility fee plus a radiologist's reading fee. Surgical procedures add surgeon, anesthesia, and pathology fees.

For a more complete estimate, contact the hospital's financial counselling office or your insurer to request a pre-service cost estimate that includes all expected professional fees.

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Data Source

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HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center

File updated: 2026-03-01 · Accessed by us: 2026-04-13

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