Adapter b 8 channel 10cm 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.

$232.78 with Aetna vs $3,159.90 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
Aetna MCR $232.78
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $491.54
Amerigroup MGMCD $491.54
Cigna CSN $519.63
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $561.76
BCBS MyBlueHealth $572.29
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $582.83
United OptionsPPO $589.85
Superior EPO $614.42
Superior HMO $614.42
BCBS BAV $631.98
Cigna PPO $667.09
Superior ValueHMO $695.18
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $733.90
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $733.90
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $733.90
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $733.90
United MGMCD $748.58
BCBS HMO $789.98
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $792.61
BCBS EPOSOA $807.53
BCBS PPO $821.57
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $832.11
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $832.11
Molina Healthcare HIX $947.97
CHC Harris Health Indigent $1,053.30
BCBS Traditional $1,228.85
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,404.40
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,509.73
United GlobalAppendix $1,579.95
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,871.36
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,931.05
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,931.05
Independent Medical System COMM $2,106.60
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,106.60
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,106.60
Triumph COMM $2,106.60
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,633.25
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,808.80
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,879.02
Physicians, INC COMM $2,984.35
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,984.35
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,984.35
Affiliated PPO COMM $3,159.90

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Adapter b 8 channel 10cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $17,103.10 $0.27 – $2,289.77
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $17,103.10 $0.27 – $2,289.77
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $733.90 – $792.61
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $733.90 – $792.61
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $1,385.00 $733.90 – $792.61
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $7,248.94 $714.87 – $2,553.08
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $4,169.73 $156.20 – $1,103.40
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $17,103.10 $0.27 – $1,005.44

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