Abd aorta w/runoff s&i at HCA HOUSTON WEST

12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 14, 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.

$153.90 with Texas Health Network vs $17,792.10 with Affiliated PPO — 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
Texas Health Network MCD $153.90
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $156.71
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $156.71
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $156.71
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $156.71
Amerigroup MGMCD $157.04
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $157.04
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $157.04
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $157.04
United MGMCD $159.84
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $169.25
Molina Healthcare STAR $172.74
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $172.74
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $172.74
Molina Healthcare CHIP $172.74
Humana MCD $196.30
Cigna CSN $234.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $253.25
Cigna PPO $301.04
Aetna QHPExchange $388.13
Aetna NBPOS $515.86
Aetna NBHMO $515.86
Aetna NBPPO $515.86
Aetna COMMPOS $548.75
Aetna COMMPPO $548.75
Aetna COMMHMO $548.75
Aetna OONPPO $645.23
Aetna OONPOS $645.23
Aetna OONHMO $645.23
Aetna ASAPPO $697.31
Aetna ASAHMO $697.31
Aetna ASAPOS $697.31
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,186.14
Superior Health Plan STAR $1,186.14
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1,186.14
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,186.14
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,186.14
Humana HMO $1,440.54
Humana PPO $1,440.54
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $3,281.65
United OptionsPPO $3,321.19
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $4,744.56
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4,877.45
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,041.10
BCBS BAV $5,265.43
Evry Health BroadNetwork $5,396.94
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5,437.15
United SmallGroup $6,438.74
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74
Imagine Health PPO $6,919.15
BCBS Traditional $6,919.15
Curative Administrators COMM $7,907.60
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $7,907.60
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $8,500.67
Averde Health Commercial $8,896.05
United GlobalAppendix $8,896.05
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $8,896.05
BCBS HMO $9,422.35
BCBS EPOSOA $9,782.62
BCBS PPO $10,115.17
Coventry National First Health COMM $10,536.88
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $10,872.95
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $10,872.95
Triumph COMM $11,861.40
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $11,861.40
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $11,861.40
Independent Medical System COMM $11,861.40
Coastal Comp COMM $12,849.85
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $14,826.75
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $15,815.20
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $16,210.58
Physicians, INC COMM $16,803.65
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $16,803.65
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $16,803.65
Affiliated PPO COMM $17,792.10

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Abd aorta w/runoff s&i at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $4,435.90 $156.71 – $12,674.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $4,435.90 $140.00 – $12,674.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $156.71 – $4,877.45
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $156.71 – $4,877.45
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,407.32 $157.04 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,569.56 $734.73 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,683.78 $157.04 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,407.32 $157.04 – $7,896.23

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