Alginate drsg >16 <=48 sq in at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
$875.00
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.
$875.00
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.
$22.97 with Oscar vs $787.50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar | MGMCR | $22.97 | ↓ -97% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $23.32 | ↓ -97% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $23.44 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $23.44 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $23.44 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $23.44 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $23.44 | ↓ -97% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $23.44 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $23.44 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $23.44 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $23.44 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $23.44 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $23.44 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $23.44 | ↓ -97% |
| Kelsey Seybold | MGMCR | $23.44 | ↓ -97% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $23.44 | ↓ -97% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $23.44 | ↓ -97% |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | MCR | $23.44 | ↓ -97% |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | COMM | $23.44 | ↓ -97% |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $23.44 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | MCR | $23.64 | ↓ -97% |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $23.67 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $23.68 | ↓ -97% |
| United | MCR | $23.91 | ↓ -97% |
| WellCare | PPO | $24.14 | ↓ -97% |
| WellCare | PFFS | $24.14 | ↓ -97% |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $24.14 | ↓ -97% |
| WellCare | SNP | $24.14 | ↓ -97% |
| WellCare | POS | $24.14 | ↓ -97% |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $24.14 | ↓ -97% |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $24.61 | ↓ -97% |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $24.61 | ↓ -97% |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $24.61 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $24.61 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $24.61 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $24.61 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $24.61 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $24.61 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $24.61 | ↓ -97% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $24.85 | ↓ -97% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $24.85 | ↓ -97% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $24.85 | ↓ -97% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $24.85 | ↓ -97% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $24.85 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | MGMCR | $25.55 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BAV | $26.17 | ↓ -97% |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $28.13 | ↓ -97% |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $30.47 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | HMO | $32.66 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $33.99 | ↓ -96% |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $33.99 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $34.57 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior | HMO | $36.33 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior | EPO | $36.33 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | PPO | $36.48 | ↓ -96% |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $46.41 | ↓ -95% |
| OMNI Healthcare | WORKERSCOMP | $49.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $50.40 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $52.50 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $52.50 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $52.50 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $52.50 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $52.50 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $113.75 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $113.75 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $113.75 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $113.75 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $122.50 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $122.50 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | CSN | $129.50 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $140.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $145.25 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $147.00 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | PPO | $166.25 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $170.63 | ↓ -80% |
| Humana | PPO | $180.19 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | HMO | $180.19 | ↓ -79% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $207.38 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $207.38 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $210.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $223.13 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $231.88 | ↓ -73% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $238.88 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $280.88 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $280.88 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $280.88 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $299.25 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $299.25 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $299.25 | ↓ -66% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $306.25 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $306.25 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $350.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $350.88 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $350.88 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $350.88 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $376.25 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $378.88 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $378.88 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $378.88 | ↓ -57% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $393.75 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $393.75 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $393.75 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $466.38 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $481.25 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $481.25 | ↓ -45% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -43% |
| Triumph | COMM | $525.00 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $525.00 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $525.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $525.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $568.75 | ↓ -35% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -31% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $656.25 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $700.00 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $717.50 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $743.75 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $743.75 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $743.75 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $787.50 | ↓ -10% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Alginate drsg >16 <=48 sq in at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $22.97 – $50.40 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $22.97 – $50.40 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $30.74 | $21.97 – $21.97 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $269.68 | $6.25 – $44.10 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $20.64 | $1.58 – $6.30 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $269.68 | $24.01 – $41.65 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $269.68 | $17.77 – $54.39 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston | Livingston | $20.64 | $1.39 – $6.30 |