Alcohol (ethanol) any specimen except urine/breath at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
$187.00
Cash price 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.
$187.00
Gross charge 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.
$11.22 with Superior Health Plan vs $168.30 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $11.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $11.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $11.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $11.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $11.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $14.22 | ↓ -92% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $14.51 | ↓ -92% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $14.51 | ↓ -92% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $14.51 | ↓ -92% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $14.51 | ↓ -92% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $14.51 | ↓ -92% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $14.51 | ↓ -92% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $14.51 | ↓ -92% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $14.51 | ↓ -92% |
| United | MGMCD | $14.80 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $15.67 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $15.96 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $15.96 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $15.96 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $15.96 | ↓ -91% |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $16.92 | ↓ -91% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $17.18 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $17.27 | ↓ -91% |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $17.27 | ↓ -91% |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $17.27 | ↓ -91% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $17.27 | ↓ -91% |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $17.27 | ↓ -91% |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | MCR | $17.27 | ↓ -91% |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | COMM | $17.27 | ↓ -91% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $17.27 | ↓ -91% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $17.27 | ↓ -91% |
| United | SmallGroup | $17.27 | ↓ -91% |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $17.27 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $17.27 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $17.27 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $17.27 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $17.27 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $17.27 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $17.27 | ↓ -91% |
| Kelsey Seybold | MGMCR | $17.27 | ↓ -91% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $17.27 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | MCR | $17.42 | ↓ -91% |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $17.44 | ↓ -91% |
| United | MCR | $17.62 | ↓ -91% |
| WellCare | SNP | $17.79 | ↓ -90% |
| WellCare | PPO | $17.79 | ↓ -90% |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $17.79 | ↓ -90% |
| WellCare | POS | $17.79 | ↓ -90% |
| WellCare | PFFS | $17.79 | ↓ -90% |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $17.79 | ↓ -90% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $18.13 | ↓ -90% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $18.13 | ↓ -90% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $18.13 | ↓ -90% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $18.13 | ↓ -90% |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $18.13 | ↓ -90% |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $18.13 | ↓ -90% |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $18.13 | ↓ -90% |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $18.13 | ↓ -90% |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $18.13 | ↓ -90% |
| Humana | MCD | $18.14 | ↓ -90% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $18.31 | ↓ -90% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $18.31 | ↓ -90% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $18.31 | ↓ -90% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $18.31 | ↓ -90% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $18.31 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | MGMCR | $18.82 | ↓ -90% |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $20.72 | ↓ -89% |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $22.45 | ↓ -88% |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $25.04 | ↓ -87% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $25.04 | ↓ -87% |
| Superior | EPO | $26.77 | ↓ -86% |
| Superior | HMO | $26.77 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $31.04 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $31.42 | ↓ -83% |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $34.19 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $34.89 | ↓ -81% |
| OMNI Healthcare | WORKERSCOMP | $36.27 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $37.13 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | BAV | $38.51 | ↓ -79% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $44.88 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $47.69 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS | HMO | $48.18 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $49.55 | ↓ -74% |
| Oscar | HIX | $49.91 | ↓ -73% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $51.05 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $51.64 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS | PPO | $55.09 | ↓ -71% |
| Humana | HMO | $59.67 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | PPO | $59.67 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $60.03 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $60.03 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $60.03 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $63.95 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $63.95 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $63.95 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $65.45 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $65.45 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | CSN | $71.10 | ↓ -62% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $74.80 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $74.99 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $74.99 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $74.99 | ↓ -60% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $77.01 | ↓ -59% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $80.41 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $80.97 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $80.97 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $80.97 | ↓ -57% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $84.15 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $84.15 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $84.15 | ↓ -55% |
| Cigna | PPO | $91.62 | ↓ -51% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $99.67 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $102.85 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $102.85 | ↓ -45% |
| Triumph | COMM | $112.20 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $112.20 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $112.20 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $112.20 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $121.55 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $140.25 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $149.60 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $153.34 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $158.95 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $158.95 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $158.95 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $168.30 | ↓ -10% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Alcohol (ethanol) any specimen except urine/breath at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $886.03 | $14.51 – $71.10 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $357.06 | $15.54 – $66.49 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $214.18 | $10.00 – $267.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $66.86 | $12.00 – $100.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $50.23 | $12.00 – $62.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $214.18 | $10.00 – $267.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $66.86 | $12.00 – $100.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $66.86 | $8.00 – $100.30 |