Acetaminophen level 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

$903.00

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.

$903.00

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.

$15.35 with Texas Health Network vs $812.70 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 $15.35 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $15.66 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $15.66 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $15.66 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $15.66 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $15.66 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $15.66 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $15.66 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $15.66 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $15.97 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $16.91 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $17.23 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $17.23 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $17.23 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $17.23 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $18.27 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $18.55 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $18.64 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.64 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $18.64 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $18.64 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $18.64 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $18.64 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $18.64 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $18.64 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $18.64 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $18.64 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $18.64 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $18.64 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $18.64 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $18.64 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $18.64 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $18.64 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $18.64 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $18.64 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $18.64 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $18.80 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $18.83 ↓ -98%
United MCR $19.01 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $19.20 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $19.20 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $19.20 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $19.20 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $19.20 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $19.20 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $19.57 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $19.57 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $19.57 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $19.57 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $19.57 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $19.57 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $19.57 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $19.57 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $19.57 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $19.57 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $19.76 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $19.76 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $19.76 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $19.76 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $19.76 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $20.17 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $20.17 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $20.32 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $22.37 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $24.23 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $27.03 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice HIX $27.03 ↓ -97%
Superior HMO $28.89 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $28.89 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $36.91 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $37.65 ↓ -96%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $39.14 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $40.08 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $41.57 ↓ -95%
BCBS HMO $52.01 ↓ -94%
Oscar HIX $53.87 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $54.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $54.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $54.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $54.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $54.18 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $55.73 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $59.46 ↓ -93%
Cigna CSN $76.68 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $83.06 ↓ -91%
Cigna PPO $98.82 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $149.90 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $151.70 ↓ -83%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $216.72 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $230.26 ↓ -75%
Aetna QHPExchange $239.29 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $246.52 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $288.15 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $288.15 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $289.86 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $289.86 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $289.86 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPPO $308.83 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $308.83 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $308.83 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $316.05 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $316.05 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPOS $362.10 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $362.10 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $362.10 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $388.29 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $391.00 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $391.00 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $391.00 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $406.35 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $406.35 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $406.35 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $481.30 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $496.65 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $496.65 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $541.80 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $541.80 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $541.80 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $541.80 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $586.95 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $677.25 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $722.40 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $740.46 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $767.55 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $767.55 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $767.55 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $812.70 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Acetaminophen level at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $15.66 – $76.68
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $15.66 – $76.68
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $302.10 $16.78 – $71.76
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $117.01 $10.00 – $146.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $117.01 $12.00 – $175.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $117.01 $12.00 – $146.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $117.01 $10.00 – $146.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $117.01 $12.00 – $175.52

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