Anl sp inf pmp w/mdreprg&fil 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.

$310.08 with WellMed vs $5,841.00 with Healthcare Highways — 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
WellMed MGMCR $310.08
BCBS MyBlueHealth $479.41
BCBS BAV $527.88
BCBS PPO $560.42
BCBS EPOSOA $586.98
BCBS HMO $613.54
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00
United SmallGroup $1,120.00
Aetna QHPExchange $1,579.00
United AllPayerAppendix $1,600.00
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,702.00
Aetna NBHMO $2,098.00
Aetna NBPOS $2,098.00
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,115.00
Aetna COMMHMO $2,229.00
Aetna COMMPOS $2,229.00
Aetna NBPPO $2,299.00
Oscar HIX $2,358.00
Aetna COMMPPO $2,444.00
Cigna CSN $2,518.00
Aetna OONPOS $2,623.00
Aetna OONHMO $2,623.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,728.00
Aetna ASAHMO $2,832.00
Aetna ASAPOS $2,832.00
Aetna OONPPO $2,876.00
Aetna ASAPPO $3,106.00
Cigna PPO $3,244.00
Humana HMO $4,690.00
Humana PPO $4,690.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,841.00

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Anl sp inf pmp w/mdreprg&fil at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $479.41 – $479.41
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston not published $56.56 – $56.56
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $479.41 – $479.41
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $792.60 $224.57 – $990.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $627.94 $71.00 – $941.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $420.84 $71.00 – $739.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $792.60 $211.36 – $990.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $627.94 $85.00 – $941.91

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