Albumin (microalbumin) 24 hour urine quantitative 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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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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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.

$4.76 with Texas Health Network vs $546.30 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

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 $4.76
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $4.86
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4.86
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4.86
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.86
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.86
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.86
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.86
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.86
United MGMCD $4.96
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $5.25
Molina Healthcare STAR $5.35
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $5.35
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $5.35
Molina Healthcare CHIP $5.35
Oscar MGMCR $5.66
WellMed MGMCR $5.75
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $5.78
Devoted Health MGMCR $5.78
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.78
CHC Harris Health Indigent $5.78
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $5.78
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $5.78
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $5.78
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $5.78
United AllPayerAppendix $5.78
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.78
United SmallGroup $5.78
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.78
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $5.78
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $5.78
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $5.78
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $5.78
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $5.78
BCBS MCRPPO $5.78
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.78
Aetna MCR $5.83
Van Lang IPA MCR $5.84
United MCR $5.90
WellCare SNP $5.95
WellCare POS $5.95
WellCare PFFS $5.95
WellCare PPO $5.95
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $5.95
WellCare MCRHMO $5.95
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $6.07
American Health Plan MGMCR $6.07
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $6.07
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $6.07
Shared Health MGMCR $6.07
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $6.07
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $6.07
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $6.07
Superior Health Plan PFFS $6.07
Humana MCD $6.08
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $6.13
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $6.13
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $6.13
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $6.13
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $6.13
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $6.26
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $6.26
Molina MGMCR $6.30
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $6.94
Verda Health Plan MCR $7.51
Superior ValueHMO $8.38
Community Health Choice HIX $8.38
Superior HMO $8.96
Superior EPO $8.96
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $11.44
BCBS MyBlueHealth $11.68
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $12.14
Molina Healthcare HIX $12.43
BCBS BAV $12.89
BCBS HMO $16.13
Oscar HIX $16.70
BCBS EPOSOA $17.28
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $17.35
BCBS PPO $18.44
Aetna QHPExchange $21.16
Cigna CSN $23.69
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $25.65
Aetna NBHMO $28.14
Aetna NBPOS $28.14
Aetna NBPPO $28.14
Aetna COMMPOS $29.90
Aetna COMMHMO $29.90
Aetna COMMPPO $29.90
Cigna PPO $30.52
Aetna OONHMO $35.12
Aetna OONPPO $35.12
Aetna OONPOS $35.12
Superior Health Plan CHIP $36.42
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $36.42
Superior Health Plan STARKids $36.42
Superior Health Plan STAR $36.42
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $36.42
Aetna ASAPPO $37.97
Aetna ASAPOS $37.97
Aetna ASAHMO $37.97
Humana HMO $77.25
Humana PPO $77.25
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $100.76
United OptionsPPO $101.98
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $145.68
Evry Health BroadNetwork $165.71
Imagine Health PPO $212.45
BCBS Traditional $212.45
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $261.01
Averde Health Commercial $273.15
United GlobalAppendix $273.15
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $273.15
Coventry National First Health COMM $323.53
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $333.85
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $333.85
Independent Medical System COMM $364.20
Triumph COMM $364.20
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $364.20
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $364.20
Coastal Comp COMM $394.55
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $455.25
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $485.60
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $497.74
Physicians, INC COMM $515.95
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $515.95
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $515.95
Affiliated PPO COMM $546.30
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Albumin (microalbumin) 24 hour urine quantitative at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $75.60 $4.16 – $216.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $75.60 $4.16 – $216.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $260.42 $4.86 – $23.69
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $4.86 – $23.69
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $223.41 $5.20 – $22.25
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $92.09 $4.05 – $13.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $79.98 $1.39 – $13.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $77.51 $4.86 – $13.87

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